This is a cross-post from stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/q/24841130/886669
I am not sure about cross-posting policies of python-list. I am sorry if this is discouraged. Here is my problem; I want to create a start menu or Desktop shortcut for my Python windows installer package. I am trying to follow https://docs.python.org/3.4/distutils/builtdist.html#the-postinstallation-script Here is my script; import sys from os.path import dirname, join, expanduser pyw_executable = sys.executable.replace('python.exe','pythonw.exe') script_file = join(dirname(pyw_executable), 'Scripts', 'tklsystem-script.py') w_dir = expanduser(join('~','lsf_files')) print(sys.argv) if sys.argv[1] == '-install': print('Creating Shortcut') create_shortcut( target=pyw_executable, description='A program to work with L-System Equations', filename='L-System Tool', arguments=script_file, workdir=wdir ) I also specified this script in scripts setup option, as indicated by aforementioned docs. Here is the command I use to create my installer; python setup.py bdist_wininst --install-script tklsystem-post-install.py After I install my package using created windows installer, I can't find where my shorcut is created, nor I can confirm whether my script run or not. How can I make setuptools generated windows installer to create desktop or start menu shortcuts? -- http://ysar.net/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
