_tkinter.TclError: image "\full\directory\link.gif" doesn't exist - python-3.x

Question

I'm sorry to be a pain, and I know that there are god knows how many other questions referring to this 'image doesn't exist' tkinter error, however, none of the ones that I have found appear to have an issue with the entire directory, they all seem to just be referring to the file name only.
So, I'm trying to make a Logo Quiz, (I have removed some irrelevant code from the example because otherwise it will be too long to place here..)
However, when I try to show the logo, it tells me that the image doesn't exist.
Showing me an issue with the entire directory link, of which if I copy directly from the error and place into Windows Explorer, opens the image perfectly fine.
Here's the code:
from tkinter import *
import tkinter.messagebox
import random
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
import os
class Window(Frame):
global questionstart
def questionstart():
if gameplayvar == 0:
chosenlinknumber = random.randint(0, len(templist)-1)
chosen = templist[chosenlinknumber]
temp = chosen.split("\\")
temp2 = temp[2].split(".")
temp3 = temp2[0].split("L")
global directory
quizlogo_label = Label(root, image = directory)
quizlogo_label.grid(row=1, column=2)
root = Tk()
root.geometry("900x590")
root.iconbitmap(r'\\replacing\the\server\directory\Documents\pythontests\Logos\logoquizlogo_YVp_icon.ico')
C = Canvas(root, bg="blue", height=500, width=500)
possiblelinks = [
'\\NewLogos\AdobeLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\AmazonLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\AppleLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\BMWLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\ChromeLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\DebianLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\DiscordLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\FirefoxLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\GoogleLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\MicrosoftLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\OperaLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\PhotoshopLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\PlayStationLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\PythonLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\TwitterLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\VisualStudioCodeLogo.gif',
'\\NewLogos\WindowsLogo.gif'
]
templist = possiblelinks
chosenlinknumber = random.randint(0, len(templist)-1)
chosen = templist[chosenlinknumber]
p1 = '\\replacing\the\server\directory\Documents\pythontests'
directory = p1+chosen
app = Window(root)
root.mainloop()
And this is what is returned when I run it:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\python.exe" "//replacing/the/server/directory/Documents/pythontests/tkinterimagetry1.py"
Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1699, in __call__
return self.func(*args)
File "//replacing/the/server/directory/Documents/pythontests/tkinterimagetry1.py", line 143, in quizstart
questionstart()
File "//replacing/the/server/directory/Documents/pythontests/tkinterimagetry1.py", line 121, in questionstart
quizlogo_label = Label(root, image = directory)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 2760, in __init__
Widget.__init__(self, master, 'label', cnf, kw)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 2293, in __init__
(widgetName, self._w) + extra + self._options(cnf))
_tkinter.TclError: image "\\replacing\the\server\directory\Documents\pythontests\NewLogos\DiscordLogo.gif" doesn't exist
I don't have a clue what is causing it to not find the file as the directory that is being giving out as an error works perfectly fine in Windows Explorer..
Thanks,
Xan

Answer 1

this is the problematic part:
global directory
quizlogo_label = Label(root, image = directory)
the Label constructor expects the image to be passed in as an ImageTk Instance, not a string containing the filename.
it needs to be something like:
global directory
self.photo = Image.PhotoImage(directory)
self.image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(self.photo)
quizlogo_label = Label(root, image = self.photo)
note that both instances of image classes as assigned as attributes of self which is the instance of Window so that they are not garbage collected when the function exits