🔒 win32gui not installing

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[native pond]

error: https://paste.pythondiscord.com/6BSQ

[thorn sand]

run pip install pywin32

that'll give you pywin32gui

[native pond]

i did

[thorn sand]

C:\Users\Taylon>py -m pip install win32gui --verbose

you ran win32gui, not pywin32

[native pond]

C:\Users\Taylon>py -m pip install pywin32
Collecting pywin32
Using cached pywin32-308-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl.metadata (8.3 kB)
Using cached pywin32-308-cp313-cp313-win_amd64.whl (6.5 MB)
Installing collected packages: pywin32
Successfully installed pywin32-308

Python Script Running
C:\Users\Taylon>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Taylon\Downloads\main.py", line 3, in <module>
import win32gui
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32gui'

@thorn sand

[thorn sand]

How are you running the script?

[native pond]

python

idle

@thorn sand

[thorn sand]

Okay, and what happens if you use from win32 import win32gui

[native pond]

its not working, but it working on mine im sharing this code to a friend

isnt there a way to put the modules in a folder?

and then share that

@thorn sand

[thorn sand]

You can use pyinstaller to bundle it yeah

[native pond]

how do i do that

[thorn sand]

https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/

Then run pyinstaller script.py

[native pond]

PS C:\Users\littl\Downloads> pyinstaller main.py
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

• pyinstaller main.py

•   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (pyinstaller:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

[thorn sand]

Try py -m pyinstaller

[native pond]

PS C:\Users\littl\Downloads> py -m pyinstaller main.py
C:\Users\littl\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\python.exe: No module named pyinstaller

i just downloaded it

[thorn sand]

If you run py -m pip install pyinstaller what's the output?

[native pond]

PS C:\Users\littl\Downloads> py -m pip install pyinstaller
Requirement already satisfied: pyinstaller in c:\users\littl\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages (6.11.1)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools>=42.0.0 in c:\users\littl\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages (from pyinstaller) (75.3.0)
Requirement already satisfied: altgraph in c:\users\littl\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages (from pyinstaller) (0.17.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pyinstaller-hooks-contrib>=2024.9 in c:\users\littl\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages (from pyinstaller) (2024.9)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging>=22.0 in c:\users\littl\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages (from pyinstaller) (24.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pefile!=2024.8.26,>=2022.5.30 in c:\users\littl\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages (from pyinstaller) (2023.2.7)
Requirement already satisfied: pywin32-ctypes>=0.2.1 in c:\users\littl\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\site-packages (from pyinstaller) (0.2.3)```

[thorn sand]

Huh okay, looks like a PATH error

[native pond]

pip on its own never works btw

i always have to do py -m

[thorn sand]

Ah, it is a PATH error

!path

[timber pawn]

Did you mean...

» pathlib
» relative-path
» windows-path

[thorn sand]

!windows-path

Do you know how to add folders to your PATH?

[native pond]

no

[thorn sand]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23708898/pip-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command
3rd answer from top, follow thoes steps

[thorn sand]

One after that

The comprehensive one with screenshots

[native pond]

okasy

[native pond]

well thats great

dw i got it

i just do windows + r

[thorn sand]

right

[native pond]

%app-data%#

@thorn sand

i got two

[thorn sand]

3.11

[native pond]

where is the thing now

[thorn sand]

Click System

[native pond]

brings up settings -> about

[thorn sand]

In the windows search bar type "edit environment" and click the option that says "edit environment options"

[thorn sand]

Environment variables

[native pond]

okay done

now back to cmd stuff

[thorn sand]

Awesome

Open up a new cmd window

Now pip should work

[native pond]

yes

[thorn sand]

Try pyinstaller now

[native pond]

okay its doing stuff

after its done

do i just send him the file

[thorn sand]

yep

[native pond]

and he just run main.py?

and it all works

[thorn sand]

It'll give an executable

[native pond]

ohhh

okasy

[thorn sand]

With the modules, interpreter and script bundles

Windows defender may flag it, that's a false positive

[native pond]

yes okay

can i move the exe location?

as my script wont work now

as i use file locations#

[thorn sand]

Yep

[native pond]

and now the file isnt in the same foler

[native pond]

does it need the other folders?

the exe just closes

[thorn sand]

I'd use the --onefile option

[native pond]

how

[thorn sand]

pyinstaller --onefile script.py

[native pond]

okay ill redo

[native pond]

okay done

now

i have a disk and a build

do i ned both of them folders?

[thorn sand]

you don't need any folders, just the .exe made with onefile

[native pond]

Ahh okay

yo @thorn sand so in the file i find a json file inside the folder

but now it doesnt work

how do i fix?

self.config_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "config.json")

[thorn sand]

Hmmm

What's the error

If you run the exe from a cmd prompt it'll tell you

[native pond]

File not found

it closes to fast

but it says file not found

its looking in some temp folder

in app data

[thorn sand]

Run the exe from a command primpt

[native pond]

how

[thorn sand]

In the directory that the exe is in

Type file.exe

Where it's the name of the exe

[native pond]

main.exe : The term 'main.exe' 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

• main.exe

•   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (main.exe:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
  
  
  

Suggestion [3,General]: The command main.exe was not found, but does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load commands from the current location by default. If you trust this command, instead type: ".\main.exe". See "get-help about_Command_Precedence" for more details.

[thorn sand]

Type .\main.exe

[native pond]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 22, in load_config
    raise FileNotFoundError(f"Configuration file not found: {self.config_path}")
FileNotFoundError: Configuration file not found: C:\Users\littl\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI101122\config.json
[PYI-10492:ERROR] Failed to execute script 'main' due to unhandled exception!```

[thorn sand]

right ok

[native pond]

any idea?

[thorn sand]

yes, bare with

Okay don't use __file__

Just do self.config_path = "config.json"

[native pond]

ok ill remake exe now?

[thorn sand]

aye

[native pond]

also btw

when you say do "json"

or whatever

what if there is a folder

bc i have two

and one is inside a folder

[thorn sand]

Well you'd put the folder name there

[native pond]

File not found: folder\usernames.txt

[thorn sand]

So if it was in a folder called "ABC" you'd put

abc\config.json

[native pond]

"folder\usernames.txt"

[thorn sand]

oh you have extra files that you reference?

[native pond]

yes

and my json

[thorn sand]

are they all in one folder?

[native pond]

json is outside

txt is inside one

[thorn sand]

okay for the ones inside just do

[native pond]

if that makes sense

[thorn sand]

var = "folder/username.txt"

Like that

[native pond]

folder -> main.exe
folder -> config.json
folder -> folder -> txt

[native pond]

File "C:\Users\littl\Downloads\main.py", line 13
self.file_path = "folder\usernames.txt"
^
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 14-15: truncated \uXXXX escape

thats why u need double slash

but then it dont work

[thorn sand]

/ not \

[native pond]

true

@thorn sand all fixed

now

how do i send to him>

just compress?

[thorn sand]

Send him the folder containing your exe, config and assets

You can zip it if needed

[native pond]

its to big

the folder size

when ziped

[thorn sand]

wdym

Use an external hosting platform

[native pond]

like?

[thorn sand]

Google drive

Or toffeeshare

Or riseup

Plenty of options

[native pond]

do you have any idea about thw win thing btw

module

[thorn sand]

I'm not really sure, never used it and I don't know what your friends python environment is like

[native pond]

shit and new 🤣

[native pond]

@thorn sand is there a way to manually download it?

[timber pawn]

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