.exe Icon Doesn't Change [py2exe]

Question

My icon file myicon.ico in same directory with setup.py. When I run py2exe, myproject.exe doesn't have icon. I looked for solution but couldn't find.

setup.py code is:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(
   windows=[{
         "script": "myproject.py",
         "icon_resources": [(0, "favicon.ico")],
      }]
)

OS: Win8.1 64bit

Answer 1

It appears py2exe has a 4-year-old bug on handling icons, but due to its description, I managed to make this workaround:

setup_dict = dict(
    windows = [{'script': "script.py",
                "icon_resources": [(1, "icon.ico")}],
)

setup(**setup_dict)
setup(**setup_dict)

This pretty much builds the project twice. If your project is complex and takes too long to process through py2exe, you can use this to build a dummy py file:

import tempfile
tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
tf.close()
setup(
    windows = [{
        'script': tf.name,
        "icon_resources":[(1, "icon.ico")]}]
)
os.remove(tf.name)

Just don't forget to set excludes like your project, otherwise you will get your dist folder cluttered with unwanted files.

Answer 2

Please try this

from distutils.core import setup

setup(
    options = {'py2exe': {'bundle_files': 1}},
    zipfile = None,
    windows = [{
            "script":"myproject.py",
            "icon_resources": [(1, "favicon.ico")],
            }],
)