Pyinstaller django static files not being used on Windows - django

Question

I'm using PyInstaller to try and make running of a Django project simple for a user. It works perfectly on my Linux PC but when I try and create it on a Windows PC the static files are not loading and I cannot understand why.
I'm using the following .spec file to create the application.
# -*- mode: python -*-
block_cipher = None
a = Analysis(['manage.py'],
pathex=['C:\\Users\\henry\\potential-waffle'],
binaries=[("C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Redist/ucrt/DLLs/arm", '.')],
datas=[('media','media'),('potential_waffle/static','static')],
hiddenimports=[],
hookspath=[],
runtime_hooks=[],
excludes=[],
win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
win_private_assemblies=False,
cipher=block_cipher)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
a.scripts,
exclude_binaries=True,
name='webscraper',
debug=False,
strip=False,
upx=True,
console=True )
coll = COLLECT(exe,
a.binaries,
a.zipfiles,
a.datas,
strip=False,
upx=True,
name='webscraper')
My static files are defined within settings.py as:
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "potential_waffle/static"),
)
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
And I'm picking up the static files for runserver:
urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
The program works fine and does everything it should except the formatting of the browser and within terminal I have the following:
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/ HTTP/1.1" 200 5438
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/agency/vendor/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/agency/css/agency.css HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/toastr/toastr.min.css HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/js/cookiechoices.js HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/agency/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/agency/vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/agency/js/jqBootstrapValidation.js HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/agency/js/contact_me.js HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/agency/js/agency.min.js HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /static/toastr/toastr.min.js HTTP/1.1" 302 0
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/agency/vendor/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css HTTP/1.1" 200 5490
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css HTTP/1.1" 200 5482
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/agency/css/agency.css HTTP/1.1" 200 5466
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/js/cookiechoices.js HTTP/1.1" 200 5464
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/toastr/toastr.min.css HTTP/1.1" 200 5466
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/agency/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js HTTP/1.1" 200 5479
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/agency/vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js HTTP/1.1" 200 5488
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/agency/js/jqBootstrapValidation.js HTTP/1.1" 200 5479
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/agency/js/contact_me.js HTTP/1.1" 200 5468
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/agency/js/agency.min.js HTTP/1.1" 200 5468
[08/Jun/2018 12:00:57] "GET /login/?next=/static/toastr/toastr.min.js HTTP/1.1" 200 5465
The files are in the /static folder (I've checked) but it seems to be redirecting them to a location where the files do not exist (even though we get a 200 response).
I am guessing there is something wrong with the .spec file for Windows but I've tried changing the slashes every which way to no avail. I do get some warning messages during the build (which could be the issue) of the style:
WARNING: lib not found: api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll dependency of c:\users\henry\potential-waffle\env\scripts\python.exe