i use this based on max solution
def getPath(filename):
import os
import sys
from os import chdir
from os.path import join
from os.path import dirname
from os import environ
if hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
# PyInstaller >= 1.6
chdir(sys._MEIPASS)
filename = join(sys._MEIPASS, filename)
elif '_MEIPASS2' in environ:
# PyInstaller < 1.6 (tested on 1.5 only)
chdir(environ['_MEIPASS2'])
filename = join(environ['_MEIPASS2'], filename)
else:
chdir(dirname(sys.argv[0]))
filename = join(dirname(sys.argv[0]), filename)
return filename