Run pythons as .exe files without python installed
Question: I'm trying to run a python file on a system without python installed. I'm
using py2exe, which gives me a .pyc file which runs fine on my system, but
when I give it to a friend without python it tells him Windows can't run the
file.

My `setup.py` file contains this;

    
    
    from distutils.core import setup
    import py2exe
    
    setup(console=['PyVersionControl.py'])
    

When I run py2exe in the commandline, this is output

    
    
    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
    
    C:\Users\chdick>python setup.py py2exe
    running py2exe
    
      3 missing Modules
      ------------------
    ? readline                            imported from cmd, code, pdb
    ? win32api                            imported from platform
    ? win32con                            imported from platform
    Building 'dist\PyVersionControl.exe'.
    Building shared code archive 'dist\library.zip'.
    Copy c:\windows\system32\python34.dll to dist
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd to dist\pyexpat.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd to dist\_ctypes.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd to dist\unicodedata.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd to dist\_hashlib.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\_socket.pyd to dist\_socket.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\_tkinter.pyd to dist\_tkinter.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\_bz2.pyd to dist\_bz2.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\select.pyd to dist\select.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\_ssl.pyd to dist\_ssl.pyd
    Copy C:\Python34\DLLs\_lzma.pyd to dist\_lzma.pyd
    Copy DLL C:\Python34\DLLs\tk86t.dll to dist\
    Copy DLL C:\Python34\DLLs\tcl86t.dll to dist\
    
    C:\Users\chdick>
    


Answer: You need to use `py2exe` to create an executable file from your script (i.e.
create `script.exe` from `script.py`).

If you have the correct version of `py2exe` installed, you should be able to
type `python -m py2exe.build_exe script.py`.

See the [py2exe package page](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py2exe/) for
details.

