trying the install subfolder

Author: Bryan Howard

.github/workflows/windows-build.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # .github/workflows/windows-build.yml
 # GitHub Actions workflow to build a standalone Windows executable and create a release.
-# This version correctly downloads the 'install_only' Python package and bootstraps pip into it.
+# This version correctly downloads the full standalone Python package and extracts the
+# runnable distribution from the correct 'install' subfolder.
 
 name: Build and Release Windows App
 
@@ -30,47 +31,35 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare Portable Python Runtime
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # 1. Download the correct 'install_only' standalone Python distribution in .tar.gz format.
+          # 1. Download the full, pre-built, standalone Python distribution.
           $pythonVersion = "3.11.13"
           $releaseTag = "20250808"
-          $fileName = "cpython-$($pythonVersion)+$($releaseTag)-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-install_only.tar.gz"
+          $fileName = "cpython-$($pythonVersion)+$($releaseTag)-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-pgo-full.tar.zst"
           $url = "https://github.com/astral-sh/python-build-standalone/releases/download/$releaseTag/$fileName"
           
           Write-Host "Downloading Python runtime from $url"
-          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile "python-standalone.tar.gz"
+          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile "python-standalone.tar.zst"
 
-          # 2. Decompress the archive. tar on Windows runners handles .gz natively.
+          # 2. Decompress the archive.
           Write-Host "Decompressing Python runtime..."
-          tar -xzf python-standalone.tar.gz
+          tar -I zstd -xf python-standalone.tar.zst
           
-          # 3. Move the contents to the 'python_runtime' directory
-          Move-Item -Path "python\*" -Destination "python_runtime"
+          # 3. BUG FIX: Move the contents from the correct 'python\install' subfolder.
+          Write-Host "Moving extracted runtime to 'python_runtime'..."
+          Move-Item -Path "python\install\*" -Destination "python_runtime"
           Remove-Item "python" -Recurse
           
-          # --- Verification Step 1 ---
-          Write-Host "Verifying python.exe exists..."
+          # --- Verification Step ---
+          Write-Host "Verifying contents of python_runtime directory:"
+          Get-ChildItem -Path "python_runtime"
           if (-not (Test-Path "python_runtime\python.exe")) {
             Write-Host "CRITICAL ERROR: python.exe not found after extraction. Build cannot continue."
             exit 1
           }
-          
-          # 4. Download the official pip bootstrap script.
-          Write-Host "Downloading get-pip.py..."
-          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py" -OutFile "python_runtime\get-pip.py"
-          
-          # 5. Run the bootstrap script to install pip into the portable runtime.
-          Write-Host "Installing pip into the portable runtime..."
-          .\python_runtime\python.exe .\python_runtime\get-pip.py
-          
-          # --- Verification Step 2 ---
-          Write-Host "Verifying pip.exe exists..."
           if (-not (Test-Path "python_runtime\Scripts\pip.exe")) {
-            Write-Host "CRITICAL ERROR: pip.exe not found after installation. Build cannot continue."
+            Write-Host "CRITICAL ERROR: pip.exe not found after extraction. Build cannot continue."
             exit 1
           }
-
-          # 6. Clean up the bootstrap script.
-          Remove-Item "python_runtime\get-pip.py"
           Write-Host "Python runtime prepared successfully."
 
       - name: Cache Pip and Nuitka