py2exe command line window problem

[William Peterson]

prashsingh at yahoo.com (Prashant Singh) wrote in message news:<1ee79758.0307220827.78f8571 at posting.google.com>...
> I'm using py2exe to create a standalone executable from a Python
> script, and I would like the script to run invisibly, i.e. without a
> console window and without any interactive GUI. The script is a helper
> app, which simply downloads and runs some other program.
> 
> I've tried passing the -w flag to the script, and I've also tried
> renaming it with a .pyw extension, but when the executable is run an
> empty console window opens with the title "C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe".
> I've checked, and there are no print statements, which might cause
> py2exe to assume it's still a console app.
> 
> Is there something I'm missing?
> 
> Thanks,
> prashant.

Not a direct answer to your question, but I've used Installer -
http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html to build standalone
executables without a console window.

Bill