PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied when saving a txt file with pyinstaller

Question

I want to create a simple .exe file based on tkinter code. For now, I just want the .exe to save a .txt file when a button is clicked.

When running the tkinter code, it works without problem.

However, when I try to run the .exe file which is produced with pyinstaller, I get the error:

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied "C:\Users\path\to\file.txt"

I have tried to run the .exe file as an admin and the error still occurs.

Here is the simple tkinter_code:

import tkinter as tk

def test() : 
    directory = r'C:\Users\Path\to\file.txt'
    with open(directory, 'w') as f:
        print(directory)
        f.write('readme')
        
#Instantiate the window
my_w = tk.Tk()
my_w.geometry("800x600")  # Size of the window 
my_w.title('test')

b2 = tk.Button(my_w, text='Generate file', 
   width=20,command = lambda:test())   
b2.grid(row = 1, column = 1)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    my_w.mainloop()

I create the .exe with:

pyinstaller --onefile test.py

Any help would be appreciated & Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I managed to make it work by uninstalling and reinstalling anaconda (from Python 3.7 to Python 3.9)