Problems with py2exe and Windows NT service (in Python)

[Arnold Weis]

Hi all,

I have problems using py2exe for a Windows NT service written in Python.
The program runs fine if installed manually, but the version built with py2exe
does not run at all.

Here' what's happening:

I run py2exe with this command:
python setup.py py2exe -i "site,traceback"

I get the following warning:

warning: py2exe:
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warning: py2exe: * The following modules were not found:
warning: py2exe: *   ce
warning: py2exe: *   servicemanager
warning: py2exe: *   sitecustomize
warning: py2exe:
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According to "Python Programming on Win32", the servicemanager is only
available when code is running under the Service Control Manager.. :-(

Error-message when trying to install the Python-Service-Manager:

Registering the Python Service Manager...
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback


Error message in Event-Log:

Python could not import the service's module 
<Error getting traceback - cant import traceback 
exceptions.ImportError: No module named POPserve 

BTW, POPserve is the name of the application.


Does anyone have an idea how this can be fixed? Or is it generally impossible
to convert a Python NT-service to a standalone Windows program?

Will McMillans installer be able to do that?

Thanx for your help

	Arnold