I think you need to special-case when it's frozen:
# determine if application is a script file or frozen exeif
getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
application_path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)elif __file__:
application_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
from:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/404744/determining-application-path-in-a-python-exe-generated-by-pyinstaller
On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM Judd Gledhill <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am converting some small scripts to exe files to host on a Citrix
> server. I am hoping to be able to get the path to the .exe file so I can
> traverse to folders next to the exe file itself. Right now I use:
>
> script_path = os.path.abspath(__file__) #path to this script
>
> But this fails at runtime with the exe file. I read the notes about
> __file__ but do not want to bundle the files into the exe itself. How can I
> find the path to the exe that is running?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Judd
>
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