On Jul 16, 1:37 pm, Alexnb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I am sure most of you are familiar with py2exe. I am having a bit of a > problem. See the program has a few pictures involved and the .ico it uses > for the windows. However, the pictures are stored in the same directory as > the source, something like: C:\Docs and settings\me\My docs\python\program. > When I run the program for the interpreter, just as a .py, everything works > just as it should. However, when I compile the main source as an .exe, and > say let a friend try the program. It fails because it is missing the .ico. > The catch, is I don't want to have it have to installed, at least at this > point, I want it to be able to just run. So how can I make it just run from > any computer with the files not being in the immediate directory. If that is > not possible, how can I put them in the immediate directory and still make > it work. Because that directory may change a lot so the path will change. > > Just a few questions. I hope someone out there can help me out! > -- > View this message in > context:http://www.nabble.com/py2exe-issues-with-pictures-and-icons-tp1849390... > Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Put the part of the code that needs the ico file(s) into a try/except block. You could also try reading the py2exe wiki and tutorials. This one looks like it has relevant data: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/CustomIcons Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list