Python cx_freeze setup script not working

Question

I have a python script that I'd like to freeze. I made the cx_freeze script, and ran it. The .exe works well, but in the frozen script I open a .html file. When the file opens the webbrowser gives me the error " File not found: Firefox cannot find the file at /c:/blah/blah/blah/somefile.html "

As I understand it, this is because cx_freeze is confusing my OS between linux and Windows. However, I'm not sure this is it because I have the code

if sys.platform == "win32":
   base = "Win32GUI"

In my setup file. Does anyone know what's going on?

My entire setup file is

import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

# Dependencies are automatically detected, but it might need fine tuning.
build_exe_options = {"packages": ["os"], "excludes": ["tkinter"]}

# GUI applications require a different base on Windows (the default is for a
# console application).
base = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
   base = "Win32GUI"

setup(  name = "someexe",
    version = "0.1",
    description = "someexe description",
    options = {"build_exe": build_exe_options},
    executables = [Executable("someexe.py", base=base)])

copied from the cx_freeze distutils page and edited to fit my needs.

Answer 1

Instead of using os.chdir('C:/path/to/dir') , you should be using os.chdir('C:\\path\\to\\dir') . It's an error in your script, not your cx_freeze setup file.