Py2Exe: DLL load failed

Question

When trying to use py2exe to convert a simple Python game I made into exe format, it gave me the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
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Answer 1

It seems the problem can be solved by downloading the correct py2exe installer for your platform and version.

I had the same problem here too. I was running on Windows 7 64 bit and had installed Python 2.7. My problem had to do with the fact that I installed py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.7.exe and the installer was not able to find python, even though it found the installation folder. Running python setup.py py2exe at this stage gave me the exact same errors you're seeing.

I then downloaded py2exe-0.6.9.win64-py2.7.amd64.exe from this page and installed it. The installation went off without a hitch and python setup.py py2exe game me lots of console output, created the build and dist folders and the expected executable.