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I wanted to make a file browser which has the correct file icons for each file type, instead of just getting them from the file name. This is a bad solution, since it has to call images from disc and may be wrong if the name is different. This method uses the Windows API to get the exact icon. Tested in Python 3.6 in Windows 10. from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon from PIL import Image, ImageTk import win32api import win32con import win32ui import win32gui def get_icon(PATH, size): SHGFI_ICON = 0x000000100 SHGFI_ICONLOCATION = 0x000001000 if size == "small": SHIL_SIZE= 0x00001 elif size == "large": SHIL_SIZE= 0x00002 else: raise TypeError("Invalid argument for 'size'. Must be equal to 'small' or 'large'") ret, info = shell.SHGetFileInfo(PATH, 0, SHGFI_ICONLOCATION | SHGFI_ICON | SHIL_SIZE) hIcon, iIcon, dwAttr, name, typeName = info ico_x = ...

So you have just compiled your Windows Python application. You want to make an installer for your users to easily get the application onto their PCs. You have tried using cx_Freeze's bdist_msi option but it is not advanced enough. Perhaps you want to run a script on installation or on uninstall, or want an easy way of adding an icon to the user's desktop. Now the easiest tool to use is inno. In this post we're going to take a look at how to use inno's setup wizard to package your application, as well as editing the script file. So the first thing you are going to want to do is to jump onto  inno's download page  and download inno setup compiler. Once it's done, open the application and select 'Create a new script file using the Script Wizard'. You will then be greeted with the following window: Leave the box unchecked. We're going to use the Wizard to make the base of our install script. Fill out all the information in the entry bo...