setting icon using py2exe?

From: Grant Edwards (grante_at_visi.com)
Date: 06/29/04

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    Date: 29 Jun 2004 19:22:52 GMT

    I'm trying in vain to set the icon for the executable generated
    by py2exe. According to various sources there are two answers:

     1) Do it on the command line:

           python setup.py py2exe --icon foo.ico

        That generates a usage error:
           
           error: --icon not recognized

     2) According to http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/moin.cgi/CustomIcons
        you can set the icon_resources in the setup.py like this:

          # setup.py
          from distutils.core import setup
          import py2exe
          setup(windows=[{"script":"vfcupdate.py","icon_resources":[(1,"rivatek.ico")]}])

        That doesn't work either:

          running py2exe
          [...]
          copying C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wx\wxmsw251h_html_vc.dll -> C:\cygwin\home\admin\othertools\dist
          copying C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wx\wxbase251h_vc.dll -> C:\cygwin\home\admin\othertools\dist
          copying C:\PYTHON23\w9xpopen.exe -> C:\cygwin\home\admin\othertools\dist
          copying C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\python23.dll -> C:\cygwin\home\admin\othertools\dist
          copying C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\py2exe\run_w.exe -> C:\cygwin\home\admin\othertools\dist\vfcupdate.exe
          Traceback (most recent call last):
            File "setup.py", line 5, in ?
              setup(windows=[{"script":"vfcupdate.py","icon_resources":[(1,"rivatek.ico")]}])
            File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\distutils\core.py", line 149, in setup
              dist.run_commands()
            File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 907, in run_commands
              self.run_command(cmd)
            File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 927, in run_command
              cmd_obj.run()
            File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 197, in run
              self.create_binaries(py_files, extensions, dlls)
            File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 395, in create_binaries
              arcname, target.script)
            File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 577, in build_executable
              add_icon(unicode(exe_path), unicode(ico_filename), ico_id)
          RuntimeError: MapExistingFile: The handle is invalid.

          
    Has anybody really been able to set the icon for the executable
    generated by py2exe?
           

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