I have tried all the recommendations from every post I can find online about this issue but cannot get the code to work. I have tried .update and .destroy, but everytime the filedialog.askopenfilename() line runs, the code stalls. It is as if the window is open waiting for me to select a file, but there is no window. The code doesnt crash, and the IDE is responding fine, so I dont think its an issue with the code itself but instead not showing the window to select the file, but I will accept any advice. Python 3.10.9, Spyder IDE, Windows 11 I also have a code that uses the askopenfilename() function without any calling of root, and it causes the same issue unless its part of an .exe file. Once made into an exe the file dialog opens no problem. from tkinter import Tk from tkinter import filedialog root = Tk() root.withdraw() filename = filedialog.askopenfilename() root.update() Continue reading...
