python - Pyinstaller executable doesn't work if I move the dependency

Question

So I created an exe file using pyinstaller and gave it an icon as well using -i my_icon.ico and the executable works well but if I delete my_icon.ico or move it from it's current directory, it stops working?? Any solution to this so that the executable will work even without the dependency

Answer 1

After your first run of pyinstaller, a .spec file is created, which you can modify. Then on your next call to pyinstaller, instead of pointing to your .py script, point to the .spec file instead.

Then you are able to make modifications to the spec file, where you can add the following line afer the Analysis call to compile any data files into your .exe. Insert the appropriate path and name of your icon

a.datas += [('name_of_icon.ico', 'path_to_icon\name_of_icon.ico', 'Data')]