Known error, fixed in upcoming Canopy 1.2. Sorry!
Meantime, manual fix:
Delete preferences.ini file (which is corrupted). This file is located at:
Windows:
%APPDATA%\Enthought\Canopy
OSX or Linux:
~/.canopy
Question
How can I fix this. Python is currently unaccessible for me because of this error. Everytime that I click on my python icon to begin programming, the error message pops up, and it will not allow me to run the program.
Solution 2
Known error, fixed in upcoming Canopy 1.2. Sorry!
Meantime, manual fix:
Delete preferences.ini file (which is corrupted). This file is located at:
Windows:
%APPDATA%\Enthought\Canopy
OSX or Linux:
~/.canopy
OTHER TIPS
Here's a link to an Enthought Knowledge Base article re-iterating Jonathan March's solution:
https://support.enthought.com/entries/23097479-Restarting-Canopy-after-Unexpected-error-ParseError