title: Pyinstaller scrapy error:
body: <p>After installing all dependencies for scrapy on windows 32bit. I've tried to build an executable from my scrapy spider. Spider script "runspider.py" works ok when running as "python runspider.py"</p>
  
  <p>Building executable "pyinstaller --onefile runspider.py": </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe>pyinstaller --onefile
    runspider.py 19 INFO: wrote
    C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe\runspider.spec 49 INFO: Testing
    for ability to set icons, version resources... 59 INFO: ... resource
    update available 59 INFO: UPX is not available. 89 INFO: Processing
    hook hook-os 279 INFO: Processing hook hook-time 279 INFO: Processing
    hook hook-cPickle 380 INFO: Processing hook hook-_sre 561 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-cStringIO 700 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-encodings 720 INFO: Processing hook hook-codecs 1351 INFO:
    Extending PYTHONPATH with C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe 1351
    INFO: checking Analysis 1351 INFO: building Analysis because
    out00-Analysis.toc non existent 1351 INFO: running Analysis
    out00-Analysis.toc 1351 INFO: Adding Microsoft.VC90.CRT to dependent
    assemblies of final executable</p>
    
    <p>1421 INFO: Searching for assembly
    x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21
    022.8_none ... 1421 INFO: Found manifest C:\Windows\WinSxS\Manifests\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc
    8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_none_bcb86ed6ac711f91.manifest 1421 INFO:
    Searching for file msvcr90.dll 1421 INFO: Found file
    C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_
    9.0.21022.8_none_bcb86ed6ac711f91\msvcr90.dll 1421 INFO: Searching for file msvcp90.dll 1421 INFO: Found file
    C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_
    9.0.21022.8_none_bcb86ed6ac711f91\msvcp90.dll 1421 INFO: Searching for file msvcm90.dll 1421 INFO: Found file
    C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_
    9.0.21022.8_none_bcb86ed6ac711f91\msvcm90.dll 1592 INFO: Analyzing C:\python27\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader_pyi_boots trap.py
    1621 INFO: Processing hook hook-os 1661 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-site 1681 INFO: Processing hook hook-encodings 1872 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-time 1872 INFO: Processing hook hook-cPickle 1983
    INFO: Processing hook hook-_sre 2173 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-cStringIO 2332 INFO: Processing hook hook-codecs 2963 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-pydoc 3154 INFO: Processing hook hook-email 3255
    INFO: Processing hook hook-httplib 3305 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-email.message 3444 INFO: Analyzing
    C:\python27\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_import ers.py
    3535 INFO: Analyzing
    C:\python27\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_archiv e.py 3615
    INFO: Analyzing
    C:\python27\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_carchi ve.py 3684
    INFO: Analyzing
    C:\python27\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_os_pat h.py 3694
    INFO: Analyzing runspider.py 3755 WARNING: No django root directory
    could be found! 3755 INFO: Processing hook hook-django 3785 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-lxml.etree 4135 INFO: Processing hook hook-xml
    4196 INFO: Processing hook hook-xml.dom 4246 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-xml.sax 4296 INFO: Processing hook hook-pyexpat 4305 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-xml.dom.domreg 4736 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-pywintypes 5046 INFO: Processing hook hook-distutils 7750 INFO:
    Hidden import 'codecs' has been found otherwise 7750 INFO: Hidden
    import 'encodings' has been found otherwise 7750 INFO: Looking for
    run-time hooks 7750 INFO: Analyzing rthook
    C:\python27\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\rth
    ooks\pyi_rth_twisted.py 8111 INFO: Analyzing rthook
    C:\python27\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\rth
    ooks\pyi_rth_django.py 8121 INFO: Processing hook hook-django.core
    8131 INFO: Processing hook hook-django.core.management 8401 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-django.core.mail 8862 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-django.db 9112 INFO: Processing hook hook-django.db.backends 9153
    INFO: Processing hook hook-django.db.backends.mysql 9163 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-django.db.backends.mysql.base 9163 INFO:
    Processing hook hook-django.db.backends.oracle 9183 INFO: Processing
    hook hook-django.db.backends.oracle.base 9253 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-django.core.cache 9874 INFO: Processing hook hook-sqlite3 10023
    INFO: Processing hook hook-django.contrib 10023 INFO: Processing hook
    hook-django.contrib.sessions 11887 INFO: Using Python library
    C:\Windows\system32\python27.dll 12226 INFO: Warnings written to
    C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe\build\runspid
    er\warnrunspider.txt 12256 INFO: checking PYZ 12256 INFO: rebuilding
    out00-PYZ.toc because out00-PYZ.pyz is missing 12256 INFO: building
    PYZ (ZlibArchive) out00-PYZ.toc 16983 INFO: checking PKG 16993 INFO:
    rebuilding out00-PKG.toc because out00-PKG.pkg is missing 16993 INFO:
    building PKG (CArchive) out00-PKG.pkg 19237 INFO: checking EXE 19237
    INFO: rebuilding out00-EXE.toc because runspider.exe missing 19237
    INFO: building EXE from out00-EXE.toc 19237 INFO: Appending archive to
    EXE C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe\dist\run spider.exe</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>running built exe "runspider.exe": </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe\dist>runspider.exe</p>
    
    <p>Traceback (most recent call last):</p>
    
    <p>File "", line 2, in </p>
    
    <p>File "C:\python27\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line
    270, in load_module</p>
    
    <p>exec(bytecode, module.<strong>dict</strong>)</p>
    
    <p>File "C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe\build\runspider\out00-PYZ.pyz\scrapy"
    , line 10, in </p>
    
    <p>File "C:\Users\username\Documents\scrapyexe\build\runspider\out00-PYZ.pyz\pkgutil
    ", line 591, in get_data</p>
    
    <p>File "C:\python27\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line
     342, in get_data</p>
    
    <p>fp = open(path, 'rb')</p>
    
    <p>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\
    \Temp\_MEI15522\scrapy\VERSION'</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I'm extremely helpful for any kind of help. I need to know how to build standalone exe from scrapy spider for windows. </p>
  
  <p>Thank you very much for any help. </p>