Hiding console window of Python GUI app with py2exe

I have a Python program uses Qt (PyQt4 in fact) and when I launch it from its main.py, I get a console window and the GUI window (on Windows, of course).

Then I compile my program with py2exe and main.exe is successfully created. However, if I run main.exe (this is what users of program will do) console window of Python still appears and all my debug text is stdout-ed to that window.

I want to hide cmd line window when my application is running and I want just my GU开发者_JAVA百科I to be visible to the user when executed from .exe file.

Is that possible?

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Yep, it is possible.

If I use

setup(console=['__main__.py'], options={"py2exe":{"includes":["sip"]}})

It creates a console app, however if I use

setup(windows=['__main__.py'], options={"py2exe":{"includes":["sip"]}})

it does not show console on .exe file. But output is dumped on main.exe.log file in the .exe folder. Be careful.

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I doubt this has an effect on py2exe, but it's related to the question. To run a python GUI on windows without the terminal, use pythonw.exe instead of python.exe. This should happen automatically if you end the filename with ".pyw".

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This might not be directly related to your question but i think it is worth trying.

You easily do so Using PyInstaller by using the following code.

pyinstaller -w myscript.py

Just as simple as that and every thing is settled!

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The easiest way I found was to add -c when using the console to create the .exe.
If you type cmd into the file explorer, then type the following: python setup.py py2exe -c

My setup file was set up as shown below:

import distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(windows=['myprogram.py'])