Improper permissions/image not found, relative paths

Question

I am working on a project where I am turning my Python file into a .exe at the end, but every time I run it it gives me the following error:

OSError: Failed to read "BIG FILE PATH"\img_folder\start.png because file is missing, has improper permissions, or is an unsupported or invalid format

Here is my code:

script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
start = os.path.join(script_dir, "Agents", "start.png")

Folder setup goes like this:

MAIN_FOLDER > img_folder > start.png > script.py

I don't think this matters much, but I get the error when I call a user-defined function and it tries to find the image.

I tried not using a relative path, but soon I realized that I would need to, since I'll turn it into a .exe.

Why does it not work?

Answer 1

If script_dir is the current path you can change it with:

script_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))