Pyinstaller question

[DPaul]

Hi,
Not a showstopping question, but very confusing.
I can make an executable like so : pyinstaller --onefile --clean --windowed MYprogram.py ==> ...dist\MYprogram.exe

Now I want to show a clickable icon for this program on the windows desktop.
I have manufactured an icon: MYicon.ico

The more I read on how to do this , the more confusing it gets
It must be something like :
pyninstaller --onefile --clean --icon??????? --windowed MYprogram.py
By what magic does the icon suddenly appear on the desktop?

thanks,
Paul

[snippsat]

Like this have MYicon.ico in same folder as MYprogram.py.

pyinstaller --onefile --clean --icon=MYicon.ico --windowed MYprogram.py

This will give icon to MYprogram.exe,it will not magically appear on Desktop.
Right click on MYprogram.exe then send to --> Desktop(make shortcut).

[DPaul]

This will give icon to MYprogram.exe,it will not magically appear on Desktop.

I got more than magic, it's a miracle
thanks,
Paul

[carecavoador]

Also, if you have PIL installed on your environment, you cound use any .png image as an icon for you application. Pyinstaller will try to automatically convert it for you!