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Convert python file into exe using auto-py-to-exe

I have just finished a project where I have made a connect 4 game and am trying to convert it to an exe file using auto-py-to-exe.
I want to use the one-file option, however every time it finishes and I run it, it would come up with an error:
Failed to execute script 'main' due to unhandled exception: No file 'Assets/icon.png' found in working directory '...'
Then in the box it says:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 32, in <module>
FileNotFoundError: No file 'Assets/window-icon.png' found in working directory '...'.
I've tried quite a few alterations, e.g. not using the image, but then it would come up with the same error but for a different added file.
How can I fix this?
EDIT: I've tried it again by using the os module and giving the full directories to all the files in main.py, but that hasn't changed anything.

I was also facing this problem then I got the solutions from analysing other threads.
You have to update your script by adding this function
import sys
import os
def resource_path(relative_path):
""" Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """
base_path=getattr(sys,'_MEIPASS',os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)
and changing address of every additional files used in your script
for example
icon = resource_path("game.icon")
You just have to use auto-py-to-exe just like shown below
Showing the options you can just use
Add all the files used in the Additional File section of it and make sure that the period(.) is there in the destination
That's it !

Import errors between some python moduls/functions/variables

This code worked on Friday without problems and still running on a colleagues laptop, but I cannot run it anymore.
As you can see in the screenshot, my editor doesnt find some moduls anymore and the pylint Error "E0401: Unable to import" occurs.
The missing file exists in the folder Settings, as you can see in the Explorer on the left side.
Today I deactivated/activated pylint, reinstalled vs code and python, added the init.py to Settings folder, tried the same code in eclipse, modified the Path enviroment variable and created the PYTHONPATH enviroment variable. All this with no success:/
I am greatful for each hint, which provide me to solve this problem.
The error output as text:
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
PS C:\Users\Evgenij\Desktop\Desktop\Eth_Test_Dev> & C:/Python27/python.exe c:\Users\Evgenij\Desktop\Desktop\Eth_Test_Dev\Code\__TC__Template.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\Evgenij\Desktop\Desktop\Eth_Test_Dev\Code\__TC__Template.py", line 36, in <module>
from Lib.IHR_EthApi import EthApi as ETH
File "c:\Users\Evgenij\Desktop\Desktop\Eth_Test_Dev\Code\Lib\IHR_EthApi.py", line 6, in <module>
from IHR_GeneralApi import GeneralApi as SYS
File "c:\Users\Evgenij\Desktop\Desktop\Eth_Test_Dev\Code\Lib\IHR_GeneralApi.py", line 4, in <module>
import IHR_TestSuiteConfig.py
ImportError: No module named IHR_TestSuiteConfig.py
PS C:\Users\Evgenij\Desktop\Desktop\Eth_Test_Dev>

In your code you have the line:
import IHR_TestSuiteConfig.py
That won't work because you don't specify modules to import by file name but by module name, e.g.:
import IHR_TestSuiteConfig
But looking at your screenshot you have a bigger issue of the code being kept in a Settings directory at the same level as your Lib directory containing the code you are importing into.
You need to either anchor all of your code up a level so you can do:
from ..Settings import IHR_TestSuiteConfig
Or you need to manipulate your PYTHONPATH environment variable to put Settings directly on to sys.path (in VS Code you can create a .env file to do this, but it won't' affect running Python from the terminal, only when VS Code runs e.g. Pylint).

Openslide-python import error

I receive the following error when running import openslide from inside python terminal
<code>Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\dev_res\python\python2_713\lib\site-packages\openslide\__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
from openslide import lowlevel
File "C:\dev_res\python\python2_713\lib\site-packages\openslide\lowlevel.py", line 41, in <module>
_lib = cdll.LoadLibrary('libopenslide-0.dll')
File "C:\dev_res\python\python2_713\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 440, in LoadLibrary
return self._dlltype(name)
File "C:\dev_res\python\python2_713\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 362, in __init__
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
WindowsError: [Error 127] The specified procedure could not be found
</code>
My OS is Windows 64-bit and I am using Python 2.7.13 (64-bit). I installed the OpenSlide binaries (2016-7-17 64-bit release) and added the corresponding bin folder to my system path. I then installed python-openslide using pip. Please note that this error is different from WindowsError: [Error 126] The specified module could not be found (see question) which occurs when the windows binaries have not been added to the system path.
Same problem occurs when using Python 3.5.3. Interestingly, I tried the same workflow except with the 32-bit versions (python 2.7 32-bit and 32-bit openslide binaries) and I did not receive this error. However, I would prefer to use the 64-bit versions.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

After receiving help from the openslide-python authors on github, I was able to get a working solution.
The problem is that there are multiple dll's in your search path with the same name as those required by openslide. In my case for example, zlib1.dll is not only found in the openslide\bin directory but also in a MATLAB directory, github directory, and an Intel wifi directory. When python asks the operating system to find the required dll, the operating system is going to return the first name-matching instance that it encounters which might not be the openslide\bin one.
A quick fix is to start python from inside the openslide\bin directory. In other words, start a command prompt, navigate to the openslide\bin directory, type "python" and now typing import openslide should work fine. This works because the directory from which python was started is searched first for matching dll's. A more rigorous solution that will prevent you from having to start the terminal every time from inside openslide\bin is to add the following to the beginning of lowlevel.py file (which can be found in Lib\site-packages\openslide directory of your python installation)
os.environ['PATH'] = "path-to-openslide-bin" + ";" + os.environ['PATH']
Note: Replace path-to-openslide-bin with the correct path
Every time you type import openslide lowlevel.py is run which tries to load the appropriate dll's. The above line of code adds the location of the dll's to the beginning of the environment path which ensures that this folder is at the top of the search hierarchy and will therefore be found before the other name-matching instances.
You can view the corresponding issue/user report on github here

py2exe'd version of GTK app can't read png files

I'm working on making a py2exe version of my app. Py2exe fails at copying some
modules in. My original app loads .png files fine, but the exe version does not:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "app.py", line 1, in <module>
from gui.main import run
File "gui\main.pyc", line 14, in <module>
File "gui\controllers.pyc", line 10, in <module>
File "gui\utils\images.pyc", line 78, in <module>
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File "gui\utils\images.pyc", line 70, in GTK_get_pixbuf
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File "gui\utils\images.pyc", line 38, in PIL_to_pixbuf
gobject.GError: Image type 'png' is not supported
Any idea what I should force py2exe to include?

This is a known problem with PIL and py2exe
PIL (python image library) imports its plugins dynamically which py2exe doesn't pick up on, so it doesn't include the plugins in the .exe file.
The fix (hopefully!) is to import the drivers explicitly like this in one of your .py files
import Image
import PngImagePlugin
Image._initialized=2
That will mean that py2exe will definitely include the plugin. The Image._initialized bit stops PIL scanning for more plugins.
Here are the docs from the py2exe wiki explaining this in full

What platform is this?
Lately I think they improved the png support on windows,
so the version of pygtk you're using is pertinent also.
http://aruiz.typepad.com/siliconisland/2008/02/goodbye-zlib-li.html

Make sure you bundle the loaders when you install your application. Py2exe won't know about these, but they are a needed part of GTK, and live where the rest of the GTK "data" files live.
From http://unpythonic.blogspot.com/2007/07/pygtk-py2exe-and-inno-setup-for-single.html
It is not sufficient to just make
py2exe pull in the GTK DLLs for
packaging (which it does pretty
successfully). GTK also requires a
number of data files which include
themes, translations etc. These will
need to be manually copied into the
dist directory so that the application
can find them when being run.
If you look inside your GTK runtime
directory (usually something like
c:\GTK) you will find the
directories: share, etc, lib. You will
need to copy all of these into the
dist directory after running py2exe.
Copyright retained.

Can't create games with pygame

I make a game with python 2.5 and pygame.
but,I can't complete make.
because this errors occured.
C:\Python26\TypeType\src\dist\Main.exe:8: RuntimeWarning: use font: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading pygame\font.pyd
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Main.py", line 8, in <module>
File "pygame\__init__.pyo", line 70, in __getattr__
NotImplementedError: font module not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Main.py", line 8, in <module>
File "pygame\sysfont.pyo", line 253, in SysFont
RuntimeError: default font not found 'freesansbold.ttf'
Perhaps I think that the reason is because it used an object called sysfont. (Because I had the programs that did not use sysfont on an execute file and was able to start with the PC which was not installed Python in)
What's wrong .
sorry I'm begginer.
EDIT
I can find Python2.5\Lib\site-packages\pygame\freesansbold.ttf
but same error occured..
Where may I copy freesansbold.ttf

A simple solution would be to simply load the font directly instead of using sysfont. Just use the pygame.font.Font class and directly load a ttf file. This will also make it easier to use py2exe, and you can choose exactly the font you want.

It looks like you don't have the freesansbold.ttf file on your computer in an accessible fonts folder. This font should have come with Pygame in the lib directory.
Check the installation folder for your copy of Pygame, and if it's there, modify your Python installation's font path to include that directory. If not, you'll need to find a copy or download a newer version of Pygame.

You probably found a solution but i want to give one for other.
Create you game with pygame. Then, unzip the librairy file.
Go to
PythonX.X\Lib\site-packages\pygame and copy freesansbold.ttf
Back to your library file that you unzipped and go to
library\pygame
Put freesansbold.ttf in and zip library.
Now, it's work ! :)