Exception: Cannot find PyQt5 plugin directories when using Pyinstaller despite PyQt5 not even being used

Question

A month ago I solved my applcation freezing issues for Python 2.7 as you can see here. I have since adapted my code to python 3.5 (using Anaconda) and it appears to be worki

Answer 1

[specifically for an anacodna installation] I had the same problem, but it got fixed when I updated anaconda. From the Anaconda prompt: conda update anaconda. This updates several packages including pyqt