How to update exe details generated by PyInstaller?

Question

I've used PyInstaller to create executable and wants to update the exe details like File description, File version.

Below is the command I've used

PyInstaller --onefile --icon=favicon.ico main.spec

I'm referring to the properties as shown in the details tab below:

Check the pyinstaller documentation. It's all listed there - and spec files overrule cmdline args. — Legorooj, Jun 13 '19 at 13:05
Also, see [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14624245/what-does-a-version-file-look-like) — John Anderson, Jun 13 '19 at 13:30

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '19 at 10:56

I have solved this by myself with the help of python documentation

1. Create version.rc file

    VSVersionInfo(
        ffi=FixedFileInfo(
        filevers=(ProductVersions),
        prodvers=(ProductVersions),
        mask=0x3f,
        flags=0x0,
        OS=0x40004,
        fileType=0x1,
        subtype=0x0,
        date=(0, 0)),
        kids=[StringFileInfo([StringTable(
        u'040904B0',
        [StringStruct(u'FileDescription', u'xyz'),
        StringStruct(u'FileVersion', u'1.0.0.0'),
        StringStruct(u'InternalName', u'xyz'),
        StringStruct(u'LegalCopyright', u'Copyright'),
        StringStruct(u'OriginalFilename', u'xyz'),
        StringStruct(u'ProductName', u'xyz'),
        StringStruct(u'ProductVersion', u'1.0.0.0'),
        StringStruct(u'Language', u'Language Neutral'),
        StringStruct(u'LegalTrademarks', u'xyz')])]), 
        VarFileInfo([VarStruct(u'Translation', [1033, 1200])])]
    )

2. Create main.spec file and call version.rc file in that

  a = Analysis(['main.py'],
             pathex=['.'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[('data\\*.tsv', 'data')],
             hiddenimports=['sklearn.neighbors.typedefs','sklearn.neighbors.quad_tree','sklearn.tree._utils','boto', 'smart_open'],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          a.binaries,
          a.zipfiles,
          a.datas,
          [],
          name='xyz',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=True , icon='favicon.ico', version='version.rc')

How to update exe details generated by PyInstaller?

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