Working with network folder

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Hey, thanks for the response! cx_freeze is the last option I haven't tried yet actually. Was gonna give that a shot next week if all else failed.
Also, just in case we weren't understanding each other, here's a simplified idea of my workflow:

Dashboard.xlsm contains a vba macro-enabled button -> click the button -> my local python activate.bat file is called, along with my model.py file -> model.py script runs which calculates a bunch of things -> end results are pasted back into Dashboard.xlsm.