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):
  File "C:\Users\Tali\Desktop\2exe.py", line 4, in <module>
    setup(console=['test.py'])
  File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 243, in run
    self._run()
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 305, in _run
    dlls = self.find_dlls(extensions)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 389, in find_dlls

    self.dll_excludes)
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 1021, in find_dep
endend_dlls
    import py2exe_util
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I searched the web for about an hour, tried changing things in my program. Nothing works. Although my program uses the "random" library, I haven't seen a case in which it caused this kind of problem.

The install script:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(console=['test.py'])

Yes, both the scripts are in the same folder (Desktop). If it matters, I'm running on Windows Vista with Python 2.7

Thank you all very much in advance.

Answer 1

I had exact the same problem.

Since I have windows 7 64bit, I downloaded py2exe-0.6.9.win64-py2.6.amd64.exe, which I suppose to be the 64bit version of py2exe. but it did not work, and I had the same error.

I changed to py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.6.exe, and it worked fine.

I guess you have to match the 32bit or 64bit with the python installation instead of the windows itself.

by the way, "setup.py py2exe" or "python setup.py py2exe" really does not matter, if you instructed windows to open *.py with python during the python installation.

Answer 2

I met the same problem and I searched and I　came here . I tried the way prompt by xiao-yu but I didn't work. So I found this from http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial#Step52： 5.2.1. Bundling the C runtime DLL

If you do have the rights to redistribute MSVCR90.dll, there should be a copy of it in your Visual Studio install, under VC\redist\x86\Microsoft.VC90.CRT. Since Visual Studio 2008, you can't just copy this DLL file - you also need the manifest file that you'll find there. The redist.txt file states that you must distribute all three dlls and the unmodified manifest file and it is a violation of the license agreement to distribute only one of the dlls without the others (though py2exe only needs MSVCR90.dll.) The pertinent passage from the redist.txt file is as follows:-----------------------

so ,try it.