Why Does PyInstaller Hide Your Input Prompt? Debugging and Fixes

1. Introduction

Hello, I'm PiPi. Recently a member of the Python community asked why an input dialog does not appear when a Python script is packaged into an exe with PyInstaller.

The question is whether anything special needs to be considered during packaging.

2. Implementation

The original command used was pyinstaller -F xxx.py, but the resulting exe was 90‑110 MB and the input box still did not show.

The following script was provided:

import pandas as pd
from pathlib import Path
p = Path(r"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\代码测试屋子\列转行")
file = p.glob('*.xls*')
file_all = [i for i in file]
n = int(input("请输入要拆分的列数:"))
for i in file_all:
    df = pd.read_excel(i)
    file_name = p / f"{n}个号码.csv"
    (
        df.groupby(df.index// n).pipe(lambda x: pd.concat([g.reset_index(drop=True) for _, g in x], axis=1))
    ).T.to_csv(file_name, index=False)

A community member suggested a modification, shown in the image below, which resolved the issue.

3. Conclusion

This article presented a typical PyInstaller packaging problem, explained the cause, and provided a working code solution to ensure the input prompt appears and to keep the executable size reasonable.