Nothing went wrong. MEIPASS is just for a different usecase. You would use MEIPASS for accessing files that are embedded in the exe.
> > The basedir becomes this: C:\Users\rchin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI154642 > > > What went wrong ? should I switch back to previous one-liner: > basedir = os.path.dirname(__file__) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyinstaller. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
