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Deploy applications in Run as Administrator mode in Windows using PyInstaller and Inno Setup

PyInstaller

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venv\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe --noconsole --onefile --icon=images/icons8-anki-512.ico --manifest=MyAnki.exe.manifest --uac-admin -n MyAnki app.py
venv\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe --noconsole --onefile --icon=images/icons8-anki-512.ico --manifest=MyAnki.exe.manifest --uac-admin -n MyAnki app.py
venv\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe --noconsole --onefile --icon=images/icons8-anki-512.ico --manifest=MyAnki.exe.manifest --uac-admin -n MyAnki app.py

MyAnki.exe.manifest

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
</assembly>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"> <security> <requestedPrivileges> <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" /> </requestedPrivileges> </security> </trustInfo> </assembly>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
</assembly>

inno_setup.iss

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[Setup]
PrivilegesRequired=admin
[Setup] PrivilegesRequired=admin
[Setup]
PrivilegesRequired=admin

 

PyInstaller-built Windows EXE fails with multiprocessing

Enabling --onedir multiprocessing support on Windows (does NOT work with --onefile on Windows, but otherwise safe on all platforms/configurations):

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if __name__ == '__main__':
# On Windows calling this function is necessary.
multiprocessing.freeze_support()
if __name__ == '__main__': # On Windows calling this function is necessary. multiprocessing.freeze_support()
if __name__ == '__main__':
    # On Windows calling this function is necessary.
    multiprocessing.freeze_support()

Enabling --onefile multiprocessing support on Windows (safe on all platforms/configurations, compatible with --onedir):

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import multiprocessing.forking
import os
import sys
class _Popen(multiprocessing.forking.Popen):
def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
# We have to set original _MEIPASS2 value from sys._MEIPASS
# to get --onefile mode working.
os.putenv('_MEIPASS2', sys._MEIPASS)
try:
super(_Popen, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
finally:
if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
# On some platforms (e.g. AIX) 'os.unsetenv()' is not
# available. In those cases we cannot delete the variable
# but only set it to the empty string. The bootloader
# can handle this case.
if hasattr(os, 'unsetenv'):
os.unsetenv('_MEIPASS2')
else:
os.putenv('_MEIPASS2', '')
class Process(multiprocessing.Process):
_Popen = _Popen
# ...
if __name__ == '__main__':
# On Windows calling this function is necessary.
multiprocessing.freeze_support()
# Use your new Process class instead of multiprocessing.Process
import multiprocessing.forking import os import sys class _Popen(multiprocessing.forking.Popen): def __init__(self, *args, **kw): if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'): # We have to set original _MEIPASS2 value from sys._MEIPASS # to get --onefile mode working. os.putenv('_MEIPASS2', sys._MEIPASS) try: super(_Popen, self).__init__(*args, **kw) finally: if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'): # On some platforms (e.g. AIX) 'os.unsetenv()' is not # available. In those cases we cannot delete the variable # but only set it to the empty string. The bootloader # can handle this case. if hasattr(os, 'unsetenv'): os.unsetenv('_MEIPASS2') else: os.putenv('_MEIPASS2', '') class Process(multiprocessing.Process): _Popen = _Popen # ... if __name__ == '__main__': # On Windows calling this function is necessary. multiprocessing.freeze_support() # Use your new Process class instead of multiprocessing.Process
import multiprocessing.forking
import os
import sys

class _Popen(multiprocessing.forking.Popen):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
        if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
            # We have to set original _MEIPASS2 value from sys._MEIPASS
            # to get --onefile mode working.
            os.putenv('_MEIPASS2', sys._MEIPASS)
        try:
            super(_Popen, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
        finally:
            if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
                # On some platforms (e.g. AIX) 'os.unsetenv()' is not
                # available. In those cases we cannot delete the variable
                # but only set it to the empty string. The bootloader
                # can handle this case.
                if hasattr(os, 'unsetenv'):
                    os.unsetenv('_MEIPASS2')
                else:
                    os.putenv('_MEIPASS2', '')

class Process(multiprocessing.Process):
    _Popen = _Popen

# ...

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # On Windows calling this function is necessary.
    multiprocessing.freeze_support()

    # Use your new Process class instead of multiprocessing.Process

References
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24944558/pyinstaller-built-windows-exe-fails-with-multiprocessing