py2exe fails to generate an executable

Question

I am using python 2.6 on XP. I have just installed py2exe, and I can successfully create a simple hello.exe from a hello.py. However, when I try using py2exe on my real prog

Answer 1

I put this in all my setup.py scripts:

distutils.core.setup(
    options = {
        "py2exe": {
            "dll_excludes": ["MSVCP90.dll"]
        }
    },
    ...
)

This keeps py2exe quiet, but you still need to make sure that dll is on the user's machine.