How do you add a manifest to PyInstaller compiled EXE?

Question

I am trying to add this manifest to my PyInstaller compiled EXE:

Answer 1

I had this same problem, using Pyinstaller 3.3. An explanation is given here and I adapted their answer, updating it for Pyinstaller 3.3, as a clumsy workaround. Their solution requires editing the Pyinstaller source code, unfortunately.

Edit the <python install root>\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\api.py source file in Pyinstaller, so the beginning of the assemble method looks like this:

def assemble(self):
    logger.info("Building EXE from %s", self.tocbasename)
    trash = []
    if os.path.exists(self.name):
        os.remove(self.name)
    if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(self.name)):
        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.name))
    exe = self.exefiles[0][1]  # pathname of bootloader
    if not os.path.exists(exe):
        raise SystemExit(_MISSING_BOOTLOADER_ERRORMSG)

    # BEGINNING OF CHANGES
    if self.manifest_override != False:
        print "Overriding default manifest"
        tmpnm = tempfile.mktemp()
        shutil.copy2(exe, tmpnm)
        os.chmod(tmpnm, 0755)
        winmanifest.UpdateManifestResourcesFromXMLFile(tmpnm, self.manifest_override, names=[1], languages=[1033])
        exe = tmpnm
        trash.append(tmpnm)
    # END OF CHANGES

    if is_win and (self.icon or self.versrsrc or self.resources): 

also in api.py in the section labeled

# Available options for EXE in .spec files

add

self.manifest_override = kwargs.get('manifest_override', False)

Finally in your spec file in the EXE section add:

manifest_override=[NAME AND PATH OF YOUR MANIFEST FILE IN QUOTES]