Convert Python Script to exe File | Faster than PyInstaller | Quick Startup | Windows Installer

[@davidbeauchesne7399]

This is the best instruction I have seen yet for creating a Python program installer. Thank you very much.

[@catglue3310]

Glad it helped!

[@rajsinghchauhan6525]

Man seriously, just how much simple and to the point instructions were, I am really in awe and thanks for making this video your earned a sub

[@catglue3310]

Glad you liked it!

[@VisualsofAyan]

No words to describe how much helpful this video was!!! Thanks a million 🙏

[@catglue3310]

Glad you liked it!

[@akshatgupta3474]

You're the real man. I made a gui version of rock paper scissors game with tkinter in python and my program contained images. Now what pyinstaller does when you use the --onefile flag is that it packs everything in one exe file which creates a temp directory and mei directory, bec of the creation of these two directories the path that I gave for my images in my code was disturbed. I tried using cx_freeze too and a lot of other .py to .exe converters but I got no success. Finally I found your video here on youtube and now my game is working as it should.

[@AI_Mirror_Company]

I'm delighted bumping into your video... Thanks a lot for the given guide I made my second step Now I have a calculator

[@catglue3310]

Fantastic!

[@random-user-s]

Title: "Faster than pyinstaller" Him: using pyinstaller....

[@catglue3310]

still faster than pyinstaller :P

[@dr.stephen.strange]

Really helpful!! Exactly what I was looking for!!

[@catglue3310]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sulekhabaranwal178]

same

[@imibuks-replit]

Great video! I used that pyinstaller method and its pretty bad, this has been real usefull, thanks alot!

[@catglue3310]

Glad it helped!

[@bengeorge92]

Hey, this is really good! Thanks for walking through the process. :)

[@catglue3310]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fsadd1136]

Thank you! Amazing stuff. You helped me a lot

[@catglue3310]

You're welcome!

[@sulekhabaranwal178]

thanks a man alot exactly i was looking for this for 4 months finally found it

[@catglue3310]

Glad you liked it!

[@sulekhabaranwal178]

But how to get a code signing certificate

[@pranavdesai3749]

Really helpful. Thank you so much. Would recommend doing a video where you you will use pyinstaller to convert python script to exe and then use Inno Setup compiler on the same. Anyway thanks again!!

[@ngr2k7]

I hope this would help to install and run in another computer ? If so, what would be file size ? Exe size is bigger issue when you move it to another system

[@catglue3310]

Sure thing!

[@catglue3310]

This method makes the file size very much less compared to using pyinstaller directly to create a single exe file

[@rlamarch]

Thanks for the video, it was excellent. Just what I needed.

[@catglue3310]

Great to hear!

[@_AultraGreen_]

thank you indian man, way better than the americans

[@fatimahabdulmohsin3777]

Finally 🎉 best solution 100%

[@sucukluomlet4665]

Hello, uhmm i know a year passed but can you help me for something if you see this message?When I use pyinstaller module I get this error "pyinstaller' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." Do you know how can i fix it?

[@catglue3310]

You probably don't have pyinstaller installed. Install it using 'pip install pyinstaller' or some similar command. A quick online search for installing pyinstaller would do the job

[@guaupuau3852]

Thank you bro you’re very intelligent

[@mobolaji.hackerx]

can we use iexpress

[@kombo0261]

Thank you for this great tutorial. I only have one question: Can you delet the exe programm which installed the ,,app'' or not?

[@catglue3310]

Yes, on Windows you can delete it from the control panel. Similar to how you would uninstall windows applications

[@frontogaming3338]

I faced error "pyinstaller is not recognised as internal or external command pls help"

[@catglue3310]

install pyinstaller using the command 'pip install pyinstaller'

[@legendrags]

absolutely loved it, got a sub

[@martinhoneves]

I do not understand how the comparison between pyinstaller and Inno Setup. They do fundamentally different things. Inno does not make python script faster, it makes a installer file to allow users to install the compiled version of the program.

[@RuhulAmin-bo7qt]

Thank you. Useful content

[@catglue3310]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jaeshikyoon6874]

Nice!! Thank you for the video!!

[@dork1161]

Python Ttkinter project not working when converted to .exe software opening properly but problem is before converting script in to exe buttons are properly working but when i converted it in to exe the gui is not responding means software is opening but kind of dummy software you'll feel like. also not showing any error help dont know how to solve also gui is made with tkinter

[@ramankr0022]

thank you, can u help me? my web scraping is not working for this,, the gui(made with tkinter) opens, but the automated chrome fails to open and further commands also seem not to operate. (the program uses chrome web driver and opens some url and perform some clicks)

[@catglue3310]

Hmm, I'm not really sure. You could try searching online. Sorry I couldn't help :/

[@amonri7379]

how can i include modules like numpy and pygame with this (only installed them in pycharm)

[@6arek995]

when i've typed everything in cmd, i dont get anything in the 'dist' file what do i do?

[@catglue3310]

Oh I am not really sure why you are experiencing this. Just make sure your commands are right

[@khalilebdelli6199]

thank you for the great video, when i tried this method with a bigger project with linked files and subfolders, i get an error when running for example i have some widgets to load from a widgets directory , and for some reason the program doesn't recognize it ERROR : FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'widgets\\main_widget.ui' i have tried replacing the main.exe file to the root of the project folder, it works when i run it using the exe from pyinstaller , but opon running after installation using your method , i get that error message

[@MKSundaram]

Sir, my program has flask, mysql. How would I convert this python program to desktop app? Thanks

[@catglue3310]

Flask cannot be converted to desktop app. You can deploy it as a web application

[@eplusplus]

Thank you so much 🤝🏾

[@catglue3310]

You’re welcome 😊

[@vectar]

So what's in the folder where it's installed to? Same files as if you just use pyinstaller without the onefile flag?

[@catglue3310]

Yes! but they aren't packed into a single big file that causes the slowdown. That's the difference

[@gobindsingh212]

Hello. My antivirus says that my .exe file is infectious, please help.

[@catglue3310]

Yes this might be because the exe file isn't signed. This is a false positive, don't worry. The file isn't harmful if your code is fine.

[@zombie-2358]

It might be a false positive but if you get a trojan called something like this "Win32/w...C!mb" then your pyibstaller is infected

[@videosyarego]

if I use this metod the antivirus defender wont detect it like a virus?

[@catglue3310]

Yes that is possible, you need to sign the executable to avoid such issues.

[@yeabsirasolomon1943]

Thanks. Very Helpful

[@catglue3310]

Glad it was helpful!

[@iamDyeus]

Subscribed Dude 🔥

[@Aaron-dn4hn]

what if I modify the code in my program. how do I make sure my executable is going to be updated?

[@catglue3310]

You would need to compile every time you change your code

[@richerite]

What’s the actual difference in this approach? In the pyinstaller extracted method also there are multiple files, same as inno setup

[@catglue3310]

Well, with pyinstaller you have no way of really installing your program as an application in windows. It would just be like a file that would be executed when you click on it. With this method, we install the program as an application in the system, give it desktop shortcuts and so on.

[@nemeziz_prime]

And if I want to hide my main code from the end user, will this approach you showed in the video work? It's fine if the user can see other files that are linked to the main.py and are dependencies for main.py. Also, is there any suggestion regarding adding License key authentication to the software using Inno compiler or something else?

[@catglue3310]

Once you use pyinstaller, I dont think the end user can see the source code anyway. Not sure about license keys :/

[@aayushgupta6914]

Everything goes fine with Windows defender as we keep using --onefile and --windowed option from pyinstaller but as soon as I use both of them together, the red lights goes off!!!

[@catglue3310]

Yeah windows defender will act weird with exe files that we create. Onefile flag should be avoided, it also has some other disadvantages as I mentioned in the video

[@TipsTricksSolutions]

Bro I need your help! When I convert the file into an exe file windows defender blocks it.. How can I solve that? My program does not contain any malicious codes...

[@catglue3310]

This is because the exe file is not signed. Turning off the anti virus temporarily might be the only fix.

[@sagarvachakal9589]

Add exemption in list of defender or antivirus

[@TipsTricksSolutions]

@@sagarvachakal9589 how?

[@nellaimuthuvels7099]

can we give .py file as exe fike? how to find the exe file?

[@akankshamaurya9219]

Sir, my python file is login.py and my icon name is face_attendance.ico and I convert my python file to exe file exactly like you ,but when I am am going to open the exe file, it is showing that failed to execute script 'login' due to unhandled exception: bitmap "face_attendance.ico" not defined.

[@akankshamaurya9219]

please help sir

[@catglue3310]

Hmm, I'm not really sure. You could try searching online. Sorry I couldn't help :/

[@AshishSingh-sy3gn]

Hi there, the .exe generated by pyinstaller is getting detected as a virus by windows defender as well as other antivirus softwares and thus I am not able to execute it. Please help

[@catglue3310]

This is because the exe file is not signed. Turning off the anti virus temporarily might be the only fix.

[@AshishSingh-sy3gn]

@@catglue3310 okay thanks a lot, I'll try turning of the antivirus

[@sagarvachakal9589]

Don't turn of antivirus just add exception in defender or antivirus not to block .

[@nemeziz_prime]

So if I make a single executable file (using pyinstaller --one-file ...) and then use Inno compiler, will that still be slower than the method you showed (using pyinstaller without --one-file and then using Inno compiler)?

[@catglue3310]

Yes it will install as a windows program but it will have slow launch time since pyinstaller compiles all files into that single file when you use the --onefile flag

[@chriskeo392]

@@catglue3310 so how can I make it faster?

[@bibinkunjumon]

can u try streamlit similar way

[@akshatsarda7151]

Thank you sir . Can you pls tell how to add icon to the python file ?

[@TheStrafendestroy]

-i [path to .ico file]

[@TheStrafendestroy]

Image must be .ico not png or jpg

[@vinaysagar3684]

hi bro it was best video that i came through seeing all the videos about this topic but only problem is i just needed a setup file so i can run my gui application in another pc but after the installer in c drive program file it is having the .py file which are editable so i need to hide those so that the user cannot able to see the programs that i have done.

[@catglue3310]

Those python files that come with the installer must be library files. They don't probably contain your code

[@dominikkomar9170]

Hi, Im getting an error "WARNING: Several hooks defined for module 'win32ctypes.core'." any idea how to fix it??

[@catglue3310]

Oh I am not sure of this error pal :/ Retry and make sure you followed the steps as mentioned in the video

[@MrinmoyHaloi]

it says warning not error

[@dominikkomar9170]

@@MrinmoyHaloi ceo of contributing anything to a question

[@MrinmoyHaloi]

Why ?

[@shadocodes5040]

@@dominikkomar9170 warning doesn't mean theres a problem it just means theres potential for a problem. So, that was MH Edeetz point.

[@kali8854]

How to fix fatal error detected? After I run the .exe format it says that "failed to execute script main"

[@catglue3310]

This error usually means there's a logical error in your script. Fix any issues/bugs in your script to resolve this error. Also check if you have installed and imported all the required modules.

[@godwinbarechi2107]

How do go about when you have a main py file and login py file?

[@catglue3310]

As long as you import the required files in the right way, pyinstaller should take care of importing other files than the main.py file

[@phoenixgamerz6177]

Brother please tell me how to use that icon while converting python to exe...you said for now you won't be using icon for exe...but can tell what arguments or parameters is to be passed to add icon...

[@catglue3310]

You should include it while running the initial pyinstaller command. It is the -i flag followed by the name of your icon(which has to be a .ico file). So, for example if your icon name was myIcon.ico and your script name was main.py, the command would be pyinstaller -w -i myIcon.ico main.py

[@phoenixgamerz6177]

@@catglue3310 Thankyou bro....but I already researched and found out...but still thankyou for the reply

[@retro.1766]

it never lets me use the command pyisntaller , why is that?

[@catglue3310]

You probably need to install pyinstaller using the pip install command

[@Tudismas]

I get this error when enter "pyinstaller main.py": error is "'pyinstaller' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." what can i do to get out of this dilema?

[@catglue3310]

Sir, make sure you have installed Pyinstaller in your machine. If not you can do it by running the command 'pip install pyinstaller' from the command line.

[@stardustbiscuits]

You have to delete python. And while downloading it again, select "add to PATH". It will work.

[@retro.1766]

@@catglue3310 i did and it still doesnt work, it says the same message

[@saranyakumar8122]

Is this same method is used to covert db connected python program???

[@cpremix859]

Doesnt work for mysql

[@maryamraza8850]

😭😭why am I getting the error

[@PujaaSarangi]

Thanks a lot bro !

[@riteshkarmakar3597]

Thank you very much!

[@Vmos710]

kindly show for multiple python files

[@novianindy887]

Hi, is it compiled to C ? or it's just a regular pyInstaller with python interpreter installed?

[@RaviKumar-wm8xm]

Bro, I have installed pyinstaller but i get 'pyinstaller is not recognized......' can u solve this ?

[@catglue3310]

There is a possibility that you would have installed it in a virtual environment. You can try installing pyinstaller with the command "pip install pyinstaller" if you get the error 'pyinstaller is not recognized...'

[@RaviKumar-wm8xm]

@@catglue3310 i did it and it succesfully installed , i run it but is giving me some errors

[@LeQuietKid]

Bro if I knew I could've just accessed CMD by doing that, I wouldn't have spent like 20 hours searching for a damn video.

[@catglue3310]

xD

[@hasithaeranga5589]

very usefull 💯👍

[@catglue3310]

Glad you think so!

[@ЮсефМехда]

Really helpful. Thank you so much. but There is a problem with convert database connected py files to exe. Everything works fine when I run the program xampp (Apache and MySQL) Parallel to the obtained program. If you stop a program xampp (Apache and MySQL). The program obtained stops working. Please help to solve this problem.

[@catglue3310]

MySQL should be running whenever you use the application, since it is serving the database. Your program cannot run without MySQL server running

[@ЮсефМехда]

@@catglue3310 Thank you.

[@amarnathreddysurapureddy9111]

Hi bro i have one miracle question ? I am using 2 files one is one.py another is two.py In two.py i am imported one.py in this case how we will run pyinstaller ? Is pyinstaller taking any care?

[@catglue3310]

As far as I know, pyinstaller should take care of imports. Probably a stackoverflow search would give you the solution :)

[@amarnathreddysurapureddy9111]

pyinstaller -F -w --onefile run_gui_server.py Yes this is the command I used and I created multiple .py files to single exe

[@minicuts4563]

Super bro 🔥🔥

[@saptakbhoumik8446]

Very helpful

[@catglue3310]

Glad to hear that

[@INSANE_-nj4xh]

whats ur name , allen?

[@mahanaatma910]

nice man it's a amazing tip

[@catglue3310]

Glad you think so!

[@kingsnow6718]

I do not like this...Plz tell me how can we fast startup exe with only pyinstaller onefile.... making setup file is not a good idea in my case

[@catglue3310]

With pyinstaller, you cannot get fast startup with a single file

[@kingsnow6718]

@@catglue3310 plz let me knw any other way ..i have tried auto py also...but i dont want to make setup file..or multiple file

[@sandeepanbhowmick7033]

the exe file didnt launch. pls help

[@catglue3310]

If your raw python script also didn't launch it means there is an error in your script. If not some dependancies might not have been included in the exe file

[@duckyanimation117]

just listen to an indian guy and your problem is solved :)

[@manuelorellana8863]

Hi, awesome tutorial, what if you need to do an update? how do you install the update? would it require an uninstall current version --> install new version sequence? what about check for updates online? can this be setup?? Thanks!

[@catglue3310]

I made a script that checks a specific url for any updates. Once there is an update it will download it. But I couldnt find a way to install the same, the user had to do it manually

[@ayushthombare9235]

recommended..... 🤞

[@suniljoshi3434]

Thanks bro thanks 😘😌😘😌😀😀😀😀😀😀😀🎉🔥🔥🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@catglue3310]

Welcome 😊

[@kdbmix--685]

I can't install pyinstaller

[@catglue3310]

try the command 'pip install pyinstaller'

[@Pwnedby]

How can i store my image inside my exe file?

[@catglue3310]

You might need to include images as a dependancy while running the pyinstaller command. Try stackoverflow :P

[@Pwnedby]

@@catglue3310 thank you bro!

[@MohamedSoliman-t5f]

Thx bro

[@MohamedSaeed-sl6ew]

great

[@portilloalmendrasantos1440]

THANKS

[@catglue3310]

Welcome

[@brainfl2360]

69 subcribers

[@abdurrazzak1612]

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[@saranyakumar8122]

Is this same method is used to covert db connected python program???

[@catglue3310]

Yes you can convert database connected py files to exe with this method, that will work

[@cpremix859]

@@catglue3310 Mysql doesnt work still

[@alphaterra59]

Thanks