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Prerequisite is to install :ref:`Python, Setuptools and pywin32 dependency on Windows <install-windows>`.

.. todo:: Write steps for most basic .exe
1. Install :code:`bbfreeze`:

.. code-block:: console

$ pip install bbfreeze

2. Write most basic :file:`bb_setup.py`

.. code-block:: python

from bbfreeze import Freezer

freezer = Freezer(distdir='dist')
freezer.addScript('foobar.py', gui_only=True)
freezer()

.. note::

This will work for the most basic one file scripts. For more advanced freezing you will have to provide
include and exclude paths like so

.. code-block:: python

freezer = Freezer(distdir='dist', includes=['my_code'], excludes=['docs'])

3. (Optionally) include icon

.. code-block:: python

freezer.setIcon('my_awesome_icon.ico')

4. Provide the Microsoft Visual C runtime DLL for the freezer. It might be possible to append your :code:`sys.path`
with Microsoft Visual Studio path but I find it easier to drop :file:`msvcp90.dll` in the same folder where your script
resides.

5. Freeze!

.. code-block:: console

$ python bb_setup.py

py2exe
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