Python cx_Freeze name __file__ is not defined

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I have a python script which gets an image from the internet, downloads it, sets as desktop background and updates after on minute. The problem is most likely cx_Freeze not including the os module, as the same code with absolute paths works fine. My code also works perfectly, until it goes through freezing. It works before it is frozen when I load throught the console, run from IDLE or double-click on it. Whenever i run the frozen file I get the error (If i use setup.py or `cxfreeze file.py`: ``` C:\Python33\Scripts>C:\Python33\Scripts\dist\desktopchanger.exe Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console3.py", line 2 7, in exec(code, m.__dict__) File "C:\Python33\desktopchanger.pyw", line 7, in dir = path.dirname(__file__) NameError: name '__file__' is not defined ``` My Code ``` import pythoncom from urllib import request from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon from time import sleep from os import path dir =…

Accepted Answer

Source: http://cx-freeze.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html

Your old line:

```
dir = path.dirname(__file__)
```

Substitute this with the following lines to run your script both frozen or unfrozen:

```
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
    # frozen
    dir_ = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
    # unfrozen
    dir_ = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
```

Tested with python 3.3.4. on win32

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Python cx_Freeze name file is not defined

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