How to make .exe file

[ljmetzger]

Using PyInstaller 3.3.1, I could not duplicate your warning messages on Windows 10 using Python 3.6.5.

I did everything interactively from cmd.exe. To isolate the problem, I worked from the main Python folder c:\Python36. I deleted subfolders 'dist' and 'build', both of which are used by PyInstaller. I removed the PATH environment variable and ran PyInstaller from the scripts subfolder explicitly.

c:\Python>scripts\pyinstaller -F helloworld.py

I got the following warning messages and helloworld.exe was created successfully in the 'dist' subfolder

Output:
662 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.3.1
662 INFO: Python: 3.6.5
663 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
664 INFO: wrote c:\Python\helloworld.spec
665 INFO: UPX is not available.
669 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['c:\\Python', 'c:\\Python']
669 INFO: checking Analysis
669 INFO: Building Analysis because out00-Analysis.toc is non existent
670 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
681 INFO: Initializing module graph hooks...
685 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
8025 INFO: running Analysis out00-Analysis.toc
8031 INFO: Adding Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls to dependent assemblies of final executable
  required by c:\python\python.exe
8066 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
8100 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
8119 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
8135 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
8149 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
8167 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\VCRUNTIME140.dll
8185 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\VCRUNTIME140.dll
8199 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\VCRUNTIME140.dll
8214 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\VCRUNTIME140.dll
8228 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\VCRUNTIME140.dll
8369 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8388 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8402 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8417 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8438 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8453 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8470 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8487 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8503 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8519 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8534 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8548 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
8556 INFO: Caching module hooks...
8565 INFO: Analyzing c:\Python\helloworld.py
8570 INFO: Loading module hooks...
8570 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-encodings.py"...
8823 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pydoc.py"...
8823 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.py"...
9209 INFO: Looking for ctypes DLLs
9210 INFO: Analyzing run-time hooks ...
9217 INFO: Looking for dynamic libraries
9248 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9265 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9286 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9302 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9318 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9333 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9349 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9364 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9380 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9407 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
9433 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd
9449 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd
9465 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd
9490 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
9505 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
9523 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
9542 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
9560 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
9593 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9609 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9625 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9641 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9658 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9674 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9690 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9706 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9729 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
9757 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
9773 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
9790 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
9806 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
9822 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
9843 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_lzma.pyd
9859 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_lzma.pyd
9887 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\_socket.pyd
9916 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\DLLs\select.pyd
9920 INFO: Looking for eggs
9920 INFO: Using Python library c:\python\python36.dll
9920 INFO: Found binding redirects:
[]
9927 INFO: Warnings written to c:\Python\build\helloworld\warnhelloworld.txt
9983 INFO: Graph cross-reference written to c:\Python\build\helloworld\xref-helloworld.html
9998 INFO: checking PYZ
9998 INFO: Building PYZ because out00-PYZ.toc is non existent
9998 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) c:\Python\build\helloworld\out00-PYZ.pyz
10573 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) c:\Python\build\helloworld\out00-PYZ.pyz completed successfully.
10582 INFO: checking PKG
10583 INFO: Building PKG because out00-PKG.toc is non existent
10583 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) out00-PKG.pkg
11811 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) out00-PKG.pkg completed successfully.
11815 INFO: Bootloader c:\python\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-32bit\run.exe
11815 INFO: checking EXE
11815 INFO: Building EXE because out00-EXE.toc is non existent
11816 INFO: Building EXE from out00-EXE.toc
11816 INFO: Appending archive to EXE c:\Python\dist\helloworld.exe
11840 INFO: Building EXE from out00-EXE.toc completed successfully.

c:\Python>dist\helloworld.exe

Output:
Hello World!

I ran PyInstaller again after deleting the 'dist' subfolder (contained helloworld.exe) only.

c:\Python>scripts\pyinstaller -F helloworld.py

Output:
632 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.3.1
633 INFO: Python: 3.6.5
633 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
635 INFO: wrote c:\Python\helloworld.spec
636 INFO: UPX is not available.
639 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['c:\\Python', 'c:\\Python']
640 INFO: checking Analysis
704 INFO: checking PYZ
747 INFO: checking PKG
754 INFO: Bootloader c:\python\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-32bit\run.exe
754 INFO: checking EXE
754 INFO: Rebuilding out00-EXE.toc because helloworld.exe missing
755 INFO: Building EXE from out00-EXE.toc
755 INFO: Appending archive to EXE c:\Python\dist\helloworld.exe
779 INFO: Building EXE from out00-EXE.toc completed successfully.

c:\Python>dist\helloworld.exe

Output:
Hello World!

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After installing pygame with pip, I was able to create snake.exe using Using PyInstaller 3.3.1 on Windows 10 using Python 3.6.5.

pyinstaller -F snake.py

Output edited due to the large number of warnings:

Output:
677 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.3.1
677 INFO: Python: 3.6.5
678 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
682 INFO: wrote C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Lew\WindowsBatchFiles\Python Lewis\snake.spec
684 INFO: UPX is not available.
689 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['C:\\Users\\Owner\\Documents\\Lew\\WindowsBatchFiles\\Python Lewis',
 'C:\\Users\\Owner\\Documents\\Lew\\WindowsBatchFiles\\Python Lewis']
689 INFO: checking Analysis
690 INFO: Building Analysis because out00-Analysis.toc is non existent
690 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
703 INFO: Initializing module graph hooks...
708 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
6240 INFO: running Analysis out00-Analysis.toc
6245 INFO: Adding Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls to dependent assemblies of final executable
  required by c:\python\python.exe
6329 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
6395 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
6461 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python.exe
...
7728 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
7791 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
7857 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\python36.dll
7863 INFO: Caching module hooks...
7871 INFO: Analyzing C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Lew\WindowsBatchFiles\Python Lewis\snake.py
9846 INFO: Processing pre-find module path hook   distutils
15701 INFO: Processing pre-find module path hook   site
15709 INFO: site: retargeting to fake-dir 'c:\\python\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\fake-modules'
25601 INFO: Loading module hooks...
25601 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-distutils.py"...
25611 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-encodings.py"...
25883 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-lib2to3.py"...
25910 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-numpy.core.py"...
26392 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pkg_resources.py"...
27864 INFO: Processing pre-safe import module hook   win32com
28265 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pydoc.py"...
28267 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pygame.py"...
28270 WARNING: Hidden import "pygame._view" not found!
28271 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pythoncom.py"...
29047 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pywintypes.py"...
29790 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-setuptools.py"...
29841 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-sysconfig.py"...
29857 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-win32com.py"...
31116 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.dom.domreg.py"...
31119 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.py"...
31225 INFO: Looking for ctypes DLLs
31340 INFO: Analyzing run-time hooks ...
31356 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_pkgres.py'
31376 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_win32comgenpy.py'
31398 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_multiprocessing.py'
31460 INFO: Looking for dynamic libraries
31604 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\lib\site-packages\pywin32_system32\pythoncom36.dll
31679 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\lib\site-packages\pywin32_system32\pythoncom36.dll
...
45523 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\mfc140u.dll
45591 WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\python\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\mfc140u.dll
55805 INFO: Looking for eggs
55805 INFO: Using Python library c:\python\python36.dll
55806 INFO: Found binding redirects:
[]
55818 INFO: Warnings written to C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Lew\WindowsBatchFiles\Python Lewis\build\snake\warnsnake.txt
55960 INFO: Graph cross-reference written to C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Lew\WindowsBatchFiles\Python Lewis\build\snake\xref-snake.html
56002 INFO: checking PYZ
56002 INFO: Building PYZ because out00-PYZ.toc is non existent
56003 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Lew\WindowsBatchFiles\Python Lewis\build\snake\out00-PYZ.pyz
57397 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Lew\WindowsBatchFiles\Python Lewis\build\snake\out00-PYZ.pyz completed successfully.
57419 INFO: checking PKG
57419 INFO: Building PKG because out00-PKG.toc is non existent
57420 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) out00-PKG.pkg
57460 INFO: Updating manifest in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\pyinstaller\bincache00_py36_32bit\_decimal.pyd
57472 INFO: Updating resource type 24 name 2 language 1033
57490 INFO: Updating manifest in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\pyinstaller\bincache00_py36_32bit\_multiprocessing.pyd
...
58308 INFO: Updating manifest in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\pyinstaller\bincache00_py36_32bit\pygame.base.pyd
58309 INFO: Updating resource type 24 name 2 language 1033
65954 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) out00-PKG.pkg completed successfully.
65966 INFO: Bootloader c:\python\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-32bit\run.exe
65966 INFO: checking EXE
65967 INFO: Building EXE because out00-EXE.toc is non existent
65967 INFO: Building EXE from out00-EXE.toc
65969 INFO: Appending archive to EXE C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Lew\WindowsBatchFiles\Python Lewis\dist\snake.exe
66058 INFO: Building EXE from out00-EXE.toc completed successfully.

snake.exe ran until I got an expected Traceback error because I did not have coin.png installed.
Number of players (1/2)? 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "snake.py", line 83, in <module>
File "snake.py", line 73, in __init__
pygame.error: Couldn't open coin.png
[33828] Failed to execute script snake

snake.exe is too large to upload as an attachment. You should be able to download it from my One Drive Account: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai5d6PFH3s1piz103WGl8zeFcv9t

Lewis