Pyinstaller [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'examples' - pyinstaller

Question

Having an issue where the end main.exe file can be booted, however when I try and access one of the files inside the "examples" folder, it cannot find it. My file structure can be found here: https://github.com/Zach10a/PteraSoftware/tree/create_gui
My .spec file can also be found there, but is as follows
# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
import sys
import PySide2
from PyInstaller.building.api import PYZ, EXE, COLLECT
from PyInstaller.building.build_main import Analysis
block_cipher = None
one_dir_mode = True
binaries = []
if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
qt_plugins_path = os.path.join(PySide2.__path__[0], "plugins")
binaries = [
(os.path.join(PySide2.__path__[0], "plugins"), 'PySide2')
]
elif sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
qt_plugins_path = os.path.join(PySide2.__path__[0], "Qt", "plugins", "platforms")
binaries = [
(os.path.join(sys.base_prefix, "lib", "libspatialindex_c.so"), '.'),
# (os.path.join(PySide2.__path__[0], "Qt", "plugins", "platforms"), '.')
]
upx = False # UPX does not play with anything Qt
upx_exclude = [
'PySide2',
'qwindows.dll'
]
a = Analysis(
['main.py'],
pathex=[],
binaries=[],
datas=[('docs/Logo.ico', 'docs'),
('docs/Black_Text_Logo.ico', 'docs'),
('docs/Logo.png', 'docs'),
('docs/Black_Text_Logo.png', 'docs'),
("README.md", '.')
# ('examples/analyze_steady_trim_example.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/analyze_unsteady_trim_example.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/steady_convergence_example.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/steady_horseshoe_vortex_lattice_method_solver.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/steady_ring_vortex_lattice_method_solver.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/unsteady_ring_vortex_lattice_method_solver_static.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/unsteady_ring_vortex_lattice_method_solver_variable.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/unsteady_ring_vortex_lattice_method_solver_variable_formation.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/unsteady_static_convergence_example.py', 'examples'),
# ('examples/unsteady_variable_convergence_example.py', 'examples'),
],
hiddenimports=['vtkmodules','vtkmodules.all','vtkmodules.qt.QVTKRenderWindowInteractor','vtkmodules.util','vtkmodules.util.numpy_support', 'examples'],
hookspath=[],
hooksconfig={},
runtime_hooks=[],
excludes=[],
win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
win_private_assemblies=False,
cipher=block_cipher,
noarchive=False,
)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data, cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(
pyz,
a.scripts,
[],
exclude_binaries=True,
name='main',
debug=False,
bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
strip=False,
upx=True,
console=True,
disable_windowed_traceback=False,
argv_emulation=False,
target_arch=None,
codesign_identity=None,
entitlements_file=None,
icon='docs/Logo.ico'
)
coll = COLLECT(
exe,
a.binaries,
a.zipfiles,
a.datas,
strip=False,
upx=True,
upx_exclude=[],
name='main',
)
I get the follwing Traceback and error message:
Builtin modules imported
QTCore imported
QtGUI imported
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 29, in <lambda>
File "main.py", line 42, in exampleMenu
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'examples'
I've tried adding them all in as datas in the analysis section (as you can see below, they are blanked out so I can get the error message), however that's not exactly scalable and feels very sloppy. I think it is something to do with using importlib.import_module(file) in main.py to import those example files as modules.