Let's just create an installer for Windows to dumb it down

windows/build_windows.bat

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+@echo off
+title YouTube Channel Archiver - Windows Build Script
+echo ================================================================
+echo YouTube Channel Archiver - Windows Build Script
+echo ================================================================
+echo.
+
+echo [1/5] Checking Python installation...
+python --version > nul 2>&1
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo ERROR: Python is not installed or not in PATH
+    echo Please install Python from https://python.org
+    pause
+    exit /b 1
+)
+python --version
+
+echo.
+echo [2/5] Installing/updating build dependencies...
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+python -m pip install pyinstaller
+
+echo.
+echo [3/5] Creating executable with PyInstaller...
+pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name "YouTubeChannelArchiver" --distpath dist --workpath build youtube_archiver_standalone.py
+
+echo.
+echo [4/5] Testing the executable...
+if exist "dist\YouTubeChannelArchiver.exe" (
+    echo SUCCESS: Executable created at dist\YouTubeChannelArchiver.exe
+) else (
+    echo ERROR: Executable was not created
+    pause
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+echo.
+echo [5/5] Creating portable package...
+if not exist "portable" mkdir portable
+copy "dist\YouTubeChannelArchiver.exe" "portable\"
+echo Portable version created in 'portable' folder
+
+echo.
+echo ================================================================
+echo BUILD COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY!
+echo ================================================================
+echo.
+echo Files created:
+echo - dist\YouTubeChannelArchiver.exe (main executable)
+echo - portable\YouTubeChannelArchiver.exe (portable version)
+echo.
+echo You can now:
+echo 1. Test the executable by running it
+echo 2. Distribute the portable folder
+echo 3. Create an installer using the Inno Setup script below
+echo.
+pause