Process to convert simple Python script into Windows executable

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I wrote a script that will help a Windows user in her daily life  I want to simply send her the  exe and not ask her to install python  dlls or have to deal with any additional files   I ve read plenty of the stackoverflow entries regarding compiling Python scripts into executable files  I am a bit confused as there are many options but some seem dated  no updates since 2008  and none were simple enough for me not to be asking this right now after a few hours spent on this    I m hoping there s a better  up-to-date way to do this   I looked into    pylunch py2exe cx Freeze py2app  only for Mac  pyinstaller bbfreeze   but either I couldn t get them to work or couldn t understand how to get the result I need  The closest I got was with py2exe but it still gave me the MSVCR71 dll  I would appreciate a step-by-step answer as I was also unable to follow some of the tweaking answers here that require some prior understanding of how to use py2exe or some of the other tools   I m using Python 2 5 as one of the modules is only available for that version

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PyInstaller will create a single-file executable if you use the --onefile option (though what it actually does is extracts then runs itself).

There's a simple PyInstaller tutorial here. If you have any questions about using it, please post them...

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I would join  Nicholas in recommending PyInstaller  with the --onefile flag   but be warned  do not use the  latest release   PyInstaller 1 3 -- it s years old   Use the  pre-release  1 4  download it here -- or even better the code from the svn repo -- install SVN and run svn co http   svn pyinstaller org trunk pyinstaller   As  Nicholas implies  dynamic libraries cannot be run from the same file as the rest of the executable -- but fortunately they can be packed together with all the rest in a  self-unpacking  executable that will unpack itself into some temporary directory as needed  PyInstaller does a good job at this  and at many other things -- py2exe is more popular  but pyinstaller in my opinion is preferable in all other respects

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1  Get py2exe from here  according to your Python version   2  Make a file called  setup py  in the same folder as the script you want to convert  having the following code    from distutils core import setup import py2exe setup console   myscript py     change  myscript  to your script    3  Go to command prompt  navigate to that folder  and type    python setup py py2exe    4  It will generate a  dist  folder in the same folder as the script  This folder contains the  exe file

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i would recommend going to http   sourceforge net projects py2exe files latest download source files to download py2exe  Then make a python file named setup py   Inside it  type  from distutils core import setup import py2exe setup console   nameoffile py      Save in your user folder Also save the file you want converted in that same folder  Run window s command prompt type in setup py install py2exe  It should print many lines of code     Next  open the dist folder   Run the exe file   If there are needed files for the program to work  move them to the folder  Copy Send the dist folder to person   Optional  Change the name of the dist folder  Hope it works

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Using py2exe  include this in your setup py     from distutils core import setup import py2exe  sys  os  sys argv append  py2exe    setup      options     py2exe     bundle files   1        windows      script    YourScript py         zipfile   None      then you can run it through command prompt   Idle  both works for me  Hope it helps

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you may want to see if your app can run under IronPython  If so  you can compile it to an exe  http   www codeplex com IronPython

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You could create an installer for you EXE file by  1  Press WinKey   R 2  Type  iexpress   without quotes  into the run window 3  Complete the wizard for creating the installation program  4  Distribute the completed EXE

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You can create executable from python script using NSIS  Nullsoft scriptable install system   Follow the below steps to convert your python files to executable   Download and install NSIS in your system   Compress the folder in the  zip file that you want to export into the executable   Start NSIS and select Installer based on ZIP file  Find and provide a path to your compressed file   Provide your Installer Name and Default Folder path and click on Generate to generate your exe file   Once its done you can click on Test to test executable or Close to complete the process   The executable generated can be installed on the system and can be distributed to use this application without even worrying about installing the required python and its packages    For a video tutorial follow  How to Convert any Python File to  EXE

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