On 31 May 2012 21:01, Massi wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm having an issue trying to use pyinstaller to convert my script > into an executable. The problem occurs when I install the software (on > windows 7) in a folder which requires the admin rights (in my case C: > \Program Files (x86)). When I launch the program I get the following > error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<string>", line 31, in <module> > File "MyProg\build\pyi.win32\MyProg\outPYZ1.pyz/os", line 150, in > makedirs > File "MyProg\build\pyi.win32\MyProg\outPYZ1.pyz/os", line 157, in > makedirs > WindowsError: [Error 5] Accesso negato: 'C:/Program Files (x86)/MyProg\ > \support' > > By running the program as admin everything works and it turns out that > it tries to create in the installation folder the directory support/ > gen_py and an empty __init__.py file into it, but since it has not the > necessary rights it fails to start. Since this does not depends on my > script I wonder if it is somehow related to pyinstaller. Any hints? or > are there any workaround to force the resulting executable to not > require admin privileges? > Thanks in advance!
As usual, the best solution is: "do not install into c:\Program Files". :-) Andrea. "Imagination Is The Only Weapon In The War Against Reality." http://xoomer.alice.it/infinity77/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyinstaller?hl=en.
