Failed To Execute Script Mspm-source Here

If the executable runs successfully after disabling your antivirus (temporarily):

When you see "failed to execute script mspm-source," you may also notice:

If none of the above work, perform a clean boot to see if a non-Microsoft service is triggering the script. failed to execute script mspm-source

Steps:

This error typically occurs when a Python script packaged into an executable fails at startup due to one of these reasons: If the executable runs successfully after disabling your

| Cause | Explanation | |-------|-------------| | Missing Python modules | Required packages not included during build | | File path issues | Script assumes relative paths for data files, but executable runs from different working directory | | Hidden imports | PyInstaller did not detect dynamically imported modules | | Missing DLLs / system libraries | e.g., libpython.dll, vcruntime140.dll | | Environment mismatch | Script tries to access environment vars that don’t exist at runtime | | Permissions | Executable cannot write to temp or log directory |

If the traceback says FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'config.json': When you see "failed to execute script mspm-source,"

Alternatively, if the script expects a file path passed as an argument, run:

mspm-source.exe --input "C:\full\path\to\your\file.txt"

The file mspm-source is not a standard Windows system file. Instead, it is almost always associated with third-party software, most commonly McAfee Security Scan Plus or other McAfee products. The term "mspm" often stands for McAfee Security Platform Manager or a related background service.

The phrase "failed to execute script" indicates that a Python script (wrapped into an executable) or a similar automated script was triggered to run—usually at startup—but Windows could not find the necessary file, path, or dependencies to run it.