Why can't I open my .exe after running pyinstaller?
Justin Smith
I'm trying to covert a python tkinder gui into an executable for my collogues with pyinstaller. The console output states that it always runs successfully however when I try to open the .exe I get an error message saying
Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access them.
I can't find anything online that has been helpful and I'm hoping someone might be able to give me a useful hint here.
My initial run is with "pyinstaller my_script.py --onefile --windowed" and after the spec is created I'll update the datas array to include a .json file that is needed for the script in the form of "datas=[('my_json.json', '.')]," (it lives in the same folder as the python script). After all this I'll rerun pyinstaller as "pyinstaller my_script.spec". But still no luck.
I've notice that in other forums when people post their console output there's a line that states: 3780 INFO: Updating manifest in "C:\Users\PATH_TO_THEIR_SCRIPT\dist\their_script.exe"
Where as mine states: 3780 INFO: Updating manifest in "C:\Users\PATH_TO_MY_SCRIPT\dist\my_script.exe.notanexecutable"
Why does mine have the "notanexecutable" appended?
Jasper Harrison
The notanexecutable extension is something pyinstaller does internally to combat overly aggressive antivirus during the build process. And is irrelevant to the actual process of how the file contents is created. This isn't explained on most forums because it is a recent change.
Are you running the executable from the dist folder or the build folder?
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