Making a Windows .exe with gui2exe does not work because of missing MSVCP90.dll

Question

I'm trying to compile my python script into a single .exe using gui2exe (which uses py2exe to create a .exe). My program is using wxWidgets and everytime I try to compile it I get the following error message:

error MSVCP90.dll: No such file or directory.

I have already downloaded and installed the VC++ redistributable package, so I should have this .dll shouldn't I?

BTW: AFAIK, This is a known problem with Python 2.6 and py2exe. — Georg Schölly, Oct 22 '09 at 04:51

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 22 '09 at 04:36

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Yes you should have it. You have to exclude it from py2exe.

options = {
    'py2exe': {
        'dll_excludes': [
            'MSVCP90.dll'
         ]
     }
}

setup(windows=["main.py"], options=options)

edited Oct 22 '09 at 04:36

Kredns

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answered Oct 22 '09 at 04:21

Georg Schölly

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Um? What? Can you be a little more specific. – Kredns Oct 22 '09 at 04:23
Sure, I hope this example helps, – Georg Schölly Oct 22 '09 at 04:27
Ok, You spelled options wrong. I fixed it and it worked! Thanks! – Kredns Oct 22 '09 at 04:35
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Thanks. :) You should be aware, that you have to install MSVCP90.DLL on the target PC yourself now. For more information look at this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/323424/py2exe-fails-to-generate-an-executable – Georg Schölly Oct 22 '09 at 04:48
works great! with python-2.7.2.msi + wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.12.1-py27.exe + py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.7.exe – wolf3d Jan 11 '12 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '11 at 05:15

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what you need is to go to microsoft's download site and get visual C++ 2008 redistributed package. Tell it to do a repair and search for the driver. Copy the driver to the DLL folder in the python directory

answered Apr 24 '11 at 05:15

Jon

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Making a Windows .exe with gui2exe does not work because of missing MSVCP90.dll

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