Comment 17 for bug 498814

the file test.ps opens normally for me on Windows XP and Inkscape 0.47. Could you indicate where the crash is occurring?
- do you get the temporary black DOS popup window that indicates that a Python script is running?
- do you get the preview window that says "PDF Import Settings"
- do you get any exit messages in DOS? To trap the exit messages you will need to go to a DOS prompt in the Inkscape directory and run inkscapec.exe, which in turn will start Inkscape, and then you can load the .ps file to see if exit messages are generated.

for example, what you should normally see is the DOS message:
** Message: Found local interpreter, 'D:\Program Files\Inkscape\python\pythonw.exe', Size: 24576

this message is normal, do you get any other messages besides this?