title: Cannot start Tkinter window in Visual Studio with Python Tools
body: <p>I am developing using Python Tools for Visual Studio in Visual Studio 2013 community edition on Windows 8.1. My problem is that I am unable to get a Tkinter window to start. I have tried using this code:</p>
  
  <pre><code> from tkinter import * 
   Tk()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I launch this code from IDLE and such, I am able to get a tkinter window, as shown:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/q3gfH.png" alt="tkinter in idle"></p>
  
  <p>However, when I start this in Visual Studio, no Tkinter window appears, only the console window. No error is thrown. Example:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HysDe.png" alt="tkinter in vs"></p>
  
  <p>How do I get the Tkinter window to appear when I launch the program in Visual Studio with Python tools?</p>
  
  <p>Edit: Also, when I try to do this from the Python interactive window in VS, this is what I get, with no window appearing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; from tkinter import *
  &gt;&gt;&gt; Tk()
  &lt;tkinter.Tk object at 0x02D81FD0&gt;
  </code></pre>