[python-win32] Creating a self-contained MSI or self-extracting installation executable

[Sriram Karra]

I am working on a web application based on tornado and sqlalchemy that I
want to distribute to Windows users so they can install and uninstall with
zero pain  and execute the program without needing to install anything else
(including python or pywin32). After a bit of research it appears like
there would be 2 distinct and perhaps totally unrelated parts of the
problem:

1. Using something like py2exe or pyinstaller to create a standalone
executable
2. Bundling it into a MSI or EXE - perhaps with the help of pywin32

Now my questions:

First, is it correct that pywin32 has nothing to offer for Step 1?

Second, is it correct that I could, theoretically use pywin32 fo Step 2? If
yes, where should I start?

Cheers
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