windows pyinstaller shim. the final loader will be moved into the packed directory later.

koboldcpp.py

@@ -660,15 +660,19 @@ def unpack_to_dir(destpath = ""):
                 print(f"KoboldCpp will be extracted to {destpath}\nThis process may take several seconds to complete.")
             else:
                 messagebox.showinfo("Unpack Starting", f"KoboldCpp will be extracted to {destpath}\nThis process may take several seconds to complete.")
+            pyds_dir = os.path.join(destpath, 'pyds')
+            os.makedirs(pyds_dir, exist_ok=True)
             for item in os.listdir(srcpath):
                 s = os.path.join(srcpath, item)
                 d = os.path.join(destpath, item)
-                if item.endswith('.pyd'):  # Skip .pyd files
-                    continue
-                if os.path.isdir(s):
-                    shutil.copytree(s, d, False, None)
-                else:
+                if item.endswith('.pyd'):  # relocate pyds files to subdirectory
+                    d = os.path.join(pyds_dir, item)
                     shutil.copy2(s, d)
+                else:
+                    if os.path.isdir(s):
+                        shutil.copytree(s, d, False, None)
+                    else:
+                        shutil.copy2(s, d)
             if cliunpack:
                 print(f"KoboldCpp successfully extracted to {destpath}")
             else:

make_pyinstaller_shim.bat

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PyInstaller  --onedir --noconfirm --clean --console --runtime-hook "./tools/kcpplauncherhook.py" --icon "./niko.ico" --version-file "./version.txt" "./koboldcpp.py" -n "koboldcpp-loader.exe"

tools/kcpplauncherhook.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+# Determine the folder where the .pyd files will be located
+pyd_subdir = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, 'pyds')
+
+# Add the subfolder to sys.path so Python can find the .pyd modules
+print("Augmenting PYD directory...")
+if os.path.isdir(pyd_subdir):
+    sys.path.insert(0, pyd_subdir)