Windows: run python command from clickable icon

Question

I have a python script I run using Cygwin and I\'d like to create a clickable icon on the windows desktop that could run this script without opening Cygwin and entering in t

Answer 1

As an alternative to py2exe you could use the pyinstaller package with the onefile flag. This is a solution which works for python 3.x.

1. install pyinstaller via pip

2. Package your file to a single exe with the onefile flag

pyinstaller --onefile your_file.py