How to turn your Python file (.py) into an .exe (Tutorial 2021)

Hey guys! How's it going? In this video I'll be showing you how to create a .exe in Pycharm using Python. Cool right? Let me know how it goes in the comment section below!

[@cuaitzzz]

if you want to save but don't want the giant cmd window opening every time you run the file just add "--noconsole" after "--onefile"

[@Sol4rOnYt]

or -w

[@LuffyPortal]

or -w

[@kyleb3316]

or -w

[@coldblaze6001]

or -w

[@fire_for_real1]

or --windowed

[@alessandroricci4223]

Why can't people makes simple videos that work like yours? So gud, thank you maan

[@kamsiosuachalla]

You are a hero, thank you a bunch . I had just commented on a similar video but with an approach towards cmd and I kept on getting errors. Once again nice video

[@abidmorshed5980]

Short, effective, right on point. Thank you for this video man!

[@kryurt]

to do this in the newer versions you have to 1) Install python to path and add to environment variables (WEB NOT MICROSOFT) 2) Open cmd 3) Type "cd (your code location)" make sure to remove the parenthesis and quotes 4) Now just follow the video but type the commands in cmd 5) If your game crashes on start, drag all the necessary files such as pictures into the "dist" folder 6) OPTIONAL: add -w after --onefile to have the cmd prompt off 7) Don't call me a nerd thanks

[@hackqdd]

I Don't have any necessary files but it still closes.

[@kryurt]

@aadityanalam7655 idk then you should try reinstalling python

[@hackqdd]

@@kryurt ty, but I've fixed it, i just re-made the code deleting sum extra code and re-formatted it.

[@kryurt]

@@hackqdd nice

[@blabberbub733]

I've got a lot more dependencies. Multiple tkinter windows via button prompts from a single one. Added all the dependencies to the same folder. Still crashes lol

[@justbelieve9754]

I thanks by heart. Finally this video after watching a lot of other videos. Thanks a lot Sir.

[@Noel_VI]

simple and effective video, but I'm kinda curious if the program will still work if I don't install certain libs when using it's exe in another computer. help is greatly appreciated and again a very nice video, keep up the work.

[@BhajansAshwin]

Short precise and extremely helpful Thanks

[@velazqg]

Thanks for the info BTW, sometimes python .exe files close immediately, if that happens use this command at the end of the program. input("Press enter to close program")

[@jimfallowfield7028]

Exactly what I was looking for and very concise. Thank you sir!

[@BravoTechAI]

SBU - Simple But Useful tutorial. Marvellous!

[@nenesinam3005]

I suggest making this a short so many others can view, but a GREAT video

[@MartinoDeanMusic]

Great tutorial, very practic and easy to understand! Thanks!

[@amanxo1]

literally my favourite video ever. thanks

[@michaelsteeves3914]

If you're having a problem with Windows Defender blocking/deleting your exe file, I found that using --onedir instead of --onefile fixed my issue. Would be nice to have it in one exe but this worked for me

[@sushantpawar3703]

Great vid thanks, What to use for production level?

[@the4thdimention443]

i just finished my first pythom project : ) I'm so happy!

[@noodlesnramen]

i love using *pythom*

[@Sorenda1goat]

Thank you so much bro your a life saver

[@paulfitch9597]

Worked perfectly sir. Thank you.

[@kevinfoendoe6987]

Great straight to the point video. Will that exe work on a different computer?

[@longbeach225]

Much easier than using freeze. Freeze you have to put in a lot of parameters to convert into executable.

[@mstudios7340]

pyinstaller : The term 'pyinstaller' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 please help

[@metasploitness1927]

How to Solve: 'pip' is not recognized as internal or external. 1. My computer > Right Click > Properties 2. Advanced System Configurations 3. Environment Variables 4. Select the "Path" variable and click "Edit" 5. Select "New" and paste the folder path for the python "scripts" folder (In my case, the folder is located in: C:\Users\MC Don Juan\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts) 6. After that, click "OK" and "OK" 7. Go to the cmd and type pip install pyinstaller and everything should work correctly now.

[@Judeinator9001]

If it is not working for you, you have to click the little arrow right by the plus in the terminal, click "command prompt", and then do it again. That fixed it for me.

[@jacobringgaardmikkelsen5103]

What do you recommend to program analytical calculators for internal professional use?

[@adnankhan-uf3pg]

that was the simplest way to create an exe file... amazing...

[@LeZinZin95]

Very useful, thank you!

[@williamyung1069]

Would you help me! During the process, the pycharm states "AttributeError: Module 'PyQt5' has no attribute '__version__'". I find that there is no PyQt5. Once I go to install PyQt, it was stated the "conda" is failure. The conda can not be installed in terminal too. Thanks

[@habibhussainhabib8971]

will it run in other PCs not having anytime of libraries we used in project.

[@phirum5700]

it is fast and simple Thank!!

[@shridharkumbhar9663]

thank you so much bro .. helped me alott

[@AhmadRizviYT]

for those whose exe file is giving error, try to move your exe file outside of dist folder with other python files

[@jusepie5713]

: The term 'pyinstaller' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. Can someone help me please I installed pyinstaller on both cmd and terminal

[@alexangele206]

Need to add it to your path in advance system settings: environment variables. Chatgpt helped me troubleshoot from there when i ran into this

[@pincer2885]

its kinda late but did you fix it? if so how

[@Melody_Boi_Piyush]

@@pincer2885 Check the path where pyinstaller is installed, from there copy that module and both your program and the pyinstaller module in same file

[@marvinaceroque3790]

pyinstall: The term 'pyinstall' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. how to fix this?

[@theinner_drive]

thank you so much you helped out alot🥰

[@shreyas_._]

Then what method is using when in terms of production

[@kikyou8349]

do i need to keep the build or i can directly take the exe and it will run on pc without python installed on it ?

[@cityisbetter]

if u try to install it on different pc, it shows it could be malware and windows try to stop it from running. Is there anyway to make it so windows wont distrub it pls

[@DeusAutemEstInanis]

How would I be able to give a onefile executable permissions to write files? I’m making a text adventure that requires writing files for .json saves, since the basic command I learned was only good for one save named “GameData.json” My saves are assigned a number after “save_” (“save_1.json”, “save_2.json” … etc.)

[@rizall7254]

🔥

[@mariarose4443]

hi i have an bug with this when i open the exe its supposed to enter some information but after i press enter or whenever i open the exe and press enter the window closes so i cant get the result which i want i tried modifying to the code so it displays the result in a notepad file but the window closes to fast to even create a notepad file pls help

[@The_CookieHacker]

great video!

[@dragondg6412]

what if it says 'pyinstaller' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

[@metasploitness1927]

How to Solve: 'pip' is not recognized as internal or external. 1. My computer > Right Click > Properties 2. Advanced System Configurations 3. Environment Variables 4. Select the "Path" variable and click "Edit" 5. Select "New" and paste the folder path for the python "scripts" folder (In my case, the folder is located in: C:\Users\MC Don Juan\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts) 6. After that, click "OK" and "OK" 7. Go to the cmd and type pip install pyinstaller and everything should work correctly now.

[@Duas-and-Remembrance]

Hi i make a project that open cam and detect the face on cam and it work very good, when i make it as exe file the exe file open the windows then close it immediately close, can you tell me what to do. thank you

[@SuperBro112Lol]

pyinstaller: The term 'pyinstaller' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

[@prayag_pawar]

Hey i mean i created onefile but it works only the computer which has python installed in it or has that specific library which is in my main code rasterio library how to create onefile which can run without a python on a computer or like create a installer which will first install python

[@sin3divcx]

The executable file works at a pc without python installed nessesarily,right?

[@discotrain173]

In Pycharm, if I go to File>>Settings>>My Project Folder>>Python Interpreter, it says I have pip installed. However, if I type "pip install pyinstaller" in the Terminal, it says "pip" is not recognized as an internal or external command. Do you know what I am doing wrong? Edit: I had to fix the path in Environment Variables

[@MarkusHelgason]

@Unkown Make sure you have the path to the scripts of your installed version of python added into Path in your system environment variables (i.e. C:\Users\...\Python\Python310\Scripts ) This solved the problem in my case

[@idanavni_]

@@MarkusHelgason how do you do that?

[@MarkusHelgason]

@@idanavni_ In the System dialog box, click Advanced system settings. On the Advanced tab of the System Properties dialog box, click Environment Variables. In the System Variables box of the Environment Variables dialog box, scroll to Path and select it.

[@d.bruggink7949]

@@MarkusHelgason System dialog box of what? How do i get there?

[@MarkusHelgason]

@@d.bruggink7949 If you are using Windows then you can start by opening the control panel, from there you can access the Advanced System Settings and so on

[@Leo197999]

Thank you very much!!!

[@kevinstern2490]

Hi there. Thanks for the video, it's very useful and well explained. I am having the exact issue you described with antivirus progs. I'm new to Python, so forgive my noobness. If this is not the best way, what is the preferred method to share a script with somebody who does not have python installed on their system like a client or boss ?

[@neptunes9852]

converting it to exe will skip the installation of python

[@kevinstern2490]

@@neptunes9852 thanks ! Does this mean I will have to help set exception for anyone who gets the alert in their antivirus from the exe ? I might just make them all install python. 😂

[@neptunes9852]

@@kevinstern2490 was thinking same , but yea windows says script files as virus

[@kurdishlearner3168]

@@neptunes9852 Install Python and all the modules used in your script manually, and then when you convert the program to exe the pyinstaller will automatically convert everything needed to run the program on other computers who don't have Python.

[@saatwikcodz6203]

@@kurdishlearner3168 Can you say In detail

[@tazulislam2698]

I have deployed an app in this way, It showes file missing error if it's source file change path/directory. I need a parmanent solution.

[@gallordi]

So if i run the exe on another compute does it need to have the same packages installed

[@noahrowe7730]

Perfect! Using this to kill and restart explorer.exe whenever my taskbar freezes

[@Interesting111]

the second command, pyinstaller [file name] --onefile, doesn't work for me. Even after i type the first command, pip install pyinstaller. I keep getting an error saying, "The term 'pyinstaller' is not recognized". Waht do I do?

[@dick_puncher]

1st, get good grammer

[@Interesting111]

@@dick_puncher grammar*

[@Alchemist10241]

by the way you only need the .exe file, you can get rid of the other generated files and folders

[@Gogol5D]

Why you dont change the .py to .pyw and than make a shortcut to desktop ?

[@javariamalik8475]

What if we don't want to use terminal for this process. Is there any other method for it ?

[@AbishaiSingh]

Good explanation. But you mentioned this is not the production way, since on many computers, it will be flagged as virus. So what would be the “official” way to release a software developed in python?

[@stickpal]

You would need to license it. It costs around $100 unfortunately.

[@AbishaiSingh]

@@stickpal What do you mean by licensing it? Need to purchase the tool?

[@stickpal]

@@AbishaiSingh licensing your own app is basically giving the app info about who made it, the organisation behind it etc, I unfortunately do not know for certain how it actually works but It would be better if you look online for a better answer.

[@AbishaiSingh]

@@stickpal Thanks bud

[@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

[@DamnBoii123]

This happens all the time.

[@fstudies6913]

Hey when I run the pip command my terminal is showing me Erros❌how can I resolve that problem

[@------shiv---110]

Sir I am in class 11 I am learning python program But Whenever I try to open my final file(output), it opens and then closes immediately. I have given the correct file extension (.py) but it doesn't open 😢 Please tell me if you read

[@donnypodcast]

When I did this, clicking on the icon ran a terminal, which scripted some stuff really quickly and then it closed. There was no prompt for anything and no qr codes. I wonder if it's because my python code had pyautogui commands, including text entry and clicking?

[@Preet_1223]

after "--onefile" type "--windowed"

[@yemoi5379]

@@Preet_1223 when i do this i have error: RuntimeError: input(): lost sys.stdin . Have you got any solutions? I use Pycharm on win10

[@itsmohitshekhawat]

have you got the solution?

[@rileylecaptain113]

Cool

[@TheWaynestark]

How do you do it without pyinstaller because for some reason my pyinstaller wont work

[@watimeyur6194]

Does this work with streamlit libary? I made an exe but it displays streamlit libary not found

[@ndndjdjdndndnndnsndn6277]

It says C:/user/my pc name/the name of file not found help

[@robertmccully2792]

You would think all programs would come with a one button executable button. Lets see you make that for all programs!

[@lidavao5494]

Men, thank you

[@ishaannaolekar3126]

great video man

[@mabacks]

Anyone know what if my python code is in a jupyter note book? whats the best was to implement? Thanks in advance

[@notarthem]

can you help me i do pyinstaller after installing it and it says the term pyinstaller is not recognized

[@copcilufaranume]

How can I use the "pyinstaller .py --onefile" command? It says pyinstaller isn't recognized even tho I installed the package! (I'm using vscode anyways)

[@ReiBois]

Same

[@uday-tv4re]

When that exe file share to my friends only some laptops it is opening. In some laptops it is not opening please give me solution

[@aminewoo594]

Thank you, there's any method to make file save from Windows defender and Windows don't notice as a virus?

[@Indently]

I googled some solutions and I'm sure there are!

[@cozmic3374]

if you use a hex editor to change the files hexidecimal values then it wont get detected as antivirus' work by checking their database for similar hex strings

[@SB-kt5jc]

This may be too late but you can always add your files as an exclusion in security

[@cjbrown3396]

Hi I faced a problem so when I clicked my executable file it disappeared immediately. I dont know what happen. Can you help plz?

[@unyx6969]

Hello i have python file with mp3 sound how to convert to one exe file both. please help

[@suchismitamohanty9010]

But the problem is that if I want to execute in another laptop it is showing path not spcified

[@ariyasaccautama5934]

when i double click main.exe it doesnt opened. why?

[@okipatama9608]

hi morning cant u help me after turn python to exe and i open exe, its like not working alwas force close how to fix it

[@apoveda]

Please what editor is this one.? Thanks.

[@justintse4017]

Thanks for your help! I have created the .exe, but when I run to line 23 the program closes would you have any suggestions why? Apologies if silly question, new to programming

[@Kdawg.9657]

im getting an error every where no matter the video saying pyinstaller isnt recognised help????

[@cocoak450]

I have a problem with distributing exe files made from pyinstaller. How can I make exe file without detected as virus??

[@LuffyPortal]

You cant, you need multiple people to install it, make it trusted and safe then you can.

[@lilibethhuellas6208]

I cant open the file it gives an alarm in my security how to fix that?

[@Abel703]

thank you

[@angeltalpa8426]

I have a problem. At the final stage of my program the .exe shuts down. What can I do?

[@mrphilly]

In your script you need to put at the end something like input(" ") with this you gonna have to press a key for it to close

[@TCZ112]

Gawd bless dis mahn

[@caiosardinhadeoliveira1371]

this exe file will only run on computers with python, right?

[@LucianoFernandezMuruaga]

hello! it worked, but it doesn't closes after finishing the code or when it finds an error

[@Oresti-007]

Thank you !

[@navaneethkrishna123]

If I try to open the main.py file it just crashes. Any answers? (thanks in advance)

[@ironpanv2124]

I'm having the same problem and cant find a solution anywhere :_(

[@RonalRomeroVergel]

have u found any solution?@@ironpanv2124

[@GGaemer]

how would i change the icon?

[@erikkovacs5418]

pyinstaller : The term 'pyinstaller' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. i get this error, any fixes?

[@MeteorGaming96]

Same problem

[@SanthoshShetty-cm9df]

Did you try this with VS Code IDE? Even I got the same problem, when I executed with VS code. Again I tried with pycharm, it's working perfect. I think the isuue is with virtual environment for pyinstaller library in VS code.

[@internetprophet_clown]

How do you change the icon for the exe?

[@kooroshparvaz9441]

My program was working but now it shows me the "RuntimeError: cannot open E:\Nordhausen University: Permission denied I wonder if you could help me

[@mrphilly]

help it doesn't work it says that pyinstaller is not a command

[@hipockt4]

Nice!!

[@Obey-Njanjeni]

Thank you a lot, how can i do it for a flask application

[@BlueprintBro]

Thanks legend