Can't load Tkinter in embedded Python interpreter on Windows

[Kevin Walzer]

I am trying to build a stub exe on Windows that embeds Python and 
launches my Tkinter app. I want a full-blown exe program starter because 
the various Python freezing tools (py2exe, pyinstaller) do not work to 
my satisfaction with Python 3.5.

I am able to get the executable built but I cannot get it to load 
Tkinter and run. The current error is:

"AttributeError: module 'sys' has no attribute 'argv'"

when called from the Tkinter init method.

Here is my command-line invocation for the compiler:

---
gcc quickwho.c -I 
\C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\include 
-LC:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\libs 
-LC:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\DLLs -lShlwapi 
-lpython35 -o quickwho.exe
----

And here is my C stub launcher:

#include 
<C:/Users/kevin/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python35/include/Python.h>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <shlobj.h>
#include <shlwapi.h>
#include <tchar.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

     Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
     Py_Initialize();

      TCHAR exedir [MAX_PATH];


   #if 0
   GetModuleFileName(NULL, exedir, MAX_PATH);
   _tprintf("%s/n", exedir);
   PathRemoveFileSpec(exedir);
   _tprintf("%s/n", exedir);
   #endif

    /*Get the module's full path, and set to the current working 
directory.*/
   if (!GetModuleFileName(NULL, exedir, MAX_PATH)) {

     TCHAR errmsg[512];
     FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,0, 
GetLastError(),0,errmsg,1024,NULL);

     _tprintf( TEXT("The path is %s, and the error is %s/n"), exedir, 
errmsg );
   }


   if (!PathRemoveFileSpec(exedir)) {

     TCHAR errmsg[512];
     FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,0, 
GetLastError(),0,errmsg,1024,NULL);
     _tprintf( TEXT("The target dir is %s, and the error is %s/n"), 
exedir, errmsg );
   }

   if (!SetCurrentDirectory(exedir)) {

     TCHAR errmsg[512];
     FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,0, 
GetLastError(),0,errmsg,1024,NULL);
     _tprintf( TEXT("The working dir is %s, and the error is %s/n"), 
exedir,errmsg );
   }


     PyRun_SimpleString("exec(open(\"QuickWho.py\").read())");
     Py_Finalize();

     return 0;
}

Can anyone suggest what I might do to get Tkinter to load and run my exe?

Thanks,
Kevin

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Kevin Walzer
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http://www.codebykevin.com
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