need help converting .py to an exe for windows

[Derek S, Smigelski]

I have tried both py2exe and installer.  I currently have py2exe installed
now.  Here's the scoop.  I have python 2.1 installed to c:\python21, and
distutils installed to c:\python21\distutils.  I have a directory for my
scripts that I wish to be converted into exes located at
c:\python21\dsscripts

When I attempt to follow the instructions from Heller's py2exe site here's
what I get:


C:\Python21\DSSCRI~1>python setup.py py2exe --help
  File "setup.py", line 2
    from distutils.core import setup
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

C:\Python21\DSSCRI~1>

The setup.py file looks like this:

# setup.py
         from distutils.core import setup
         import py2exe

         setup(name="txlotto",
               scripts=["txlotto.py"],
         )

C:\Python21\DSSCRI~1>


Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Derek Smigelski
DerekS at mip.com