How do I debug a py2exe 'application failed to initialize properly' error?

Question

I\'m very new to Python in general, but I made an app in Python 2.6 / wxPython 2.8 that works perfectly when I run it through Python. But I wanted to go a step further and b

Answer 1

You are not supposed to copy ALL of the .dlls it complains about! Some of them are Windows system files, and they are present in the correct places on the system. If you copy them into the dist folder, things won't work correctly.

In general, you only want to copy .dlls which are specific to your application. Not system .dlls. In some situations you may need to ship vcredist_xx.exe in your installer to get the MSVC runtime on the system. You should never try to ship those .dlls files "raw" by yourself. Use the redist package, it will save you time and frustration.

Have you tried following the directions here: http://wiki.wxpython.org/SmallApp ?