EXE file for python scripts - windows

Question

i am using python 2.7 and py2exe to try and make an exe file for my script. but it is not going so well.. my file works perfectly until I add the py2exe commands what am I doin wrong here? I need to know how to write the setup function and call it so that python knows to create and EXE file not just a compiled .py. Also this is attempted using a windows operating system.
from time import strftime
import os.path
# setup.py
import py2exe
setup(console=["LogFile.py"])
def main():
getTime()
def getTime():
time = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S")
printTime(time)
def printTime(time):
savePath = "C:\Users\Nicholas\Documents"
logFile = "LogInLog.txt"
files = open(os.path.join(savePath, logFile), "a+")
openPosition = files.tell()
files.write("A LogIn occured.")
files.write(time)
files.seek(openPosition)
print(files.read())
files.close()
main()

Answer 1

It doesn't work that way
First, remove the setup line from your script. The setup script is a different script. Your script, fixed:
from time import strftime
import os.path
def main():
getTime()
def getTime():
time = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S")
printTime(time)
def printTime(time):
savePath = r"C:\Users\Nicholas\Documents"
logFile = "LogInLog.txt"
files = open(os.path.join(savePath, logFile), "a+")
openPosition = files.tell()
files.write("A LogIn occured.")
files.write(time)
files.seek(openPosition)
print(files.read())
files.close()
Then create a file called setup.py
import py2exe
from distutils.core import setup
setup(console=["LogFile.py"])
Then type (in a command prompt, not from within python interpreter):
python setup.py py2exe
it creates the executable & aux files in dist subdir
After that go to dist
C:\DATA\jff\data\python\stackoverflow\dist>LogFile.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "LogFile.py", line 25, in <module>
File "LogFile.py", line 6, in main
File "LogFile.py", line 10, in getTime
File "LogFile.py", line 15, in printTime
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\Nicholas\\Documents\\LogInLog.txt'
crashing, normal I don't have your directories: it works!!

Answer 2

Look at this py2exe Tutorial.
Your mistakes are:
1. Missed from distutils.core import setup
2. Did not make a new file to use py2exe.
You need:
1. Remove import py2exeand setup(console=["LogFile.py"])
2. create new file "psetup.py", with code bellow:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(console=["your_code_name.py"])