Index: Extensions/mouseposition/mouseposition.py
===================================================================
--- Extensions/mouseposition/mouseposition.py	(revision 2868)
+++ Extensions/mouseposition/mouseposition.py	(working copy)
@@ -98,11 +98,17 @@
     canvas.SelectTool(MousePositionTool(canvas, context))
 
 
+import sys
+print "sys loaded"
+from Thuban.Lib.fileutil import get_thuban_dir;
+print "loaded"
 # locator executed as an tool/extension to Thuban
-iconfile = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(Thuban.__path__[0]),
-                        "..", "Resources", "Bitmaps", "identify")
-iconfile = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 
+if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+    iconfile = str(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(get_thuban_dir()), 'Extensions', 'mouseposition', 'position')) 
+else:
+    iconfile = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 
                         'position')
+
 registry.Add(ToolCommand("mouse_position_tool", "Mouse Position Tool",
                  mouse_position_tool, icon = iconfile,
                  helptext = "Collect mouse click coordinates in a dialog",
Index: Thuban/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- Thuban/__init__.py	(revision 2868)
+++ Thuban/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # Read the file COPYING coming with Thuban for details.
 
 import os
+import sys
 
 # Thuban Message Translation
 #
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@
 
 # Thedirectory holding the translation files (actually they're in
 # language specific subdirectories of _message_dir)
-_message_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir, "Resources",
-                            "Locale")
 
+
+
 def _(s):
     """Return a localized version of the the string s
 
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@
     """
     return _translation_function(s)
 
+from Lib.fileutil import get_thuban_dir;
+_message_dir = os.path.join(get_thuban_dir(), "Resources", "Locale")
+
 def gettext_identity(s):
     """Default gettext implementation which returns the string as is"""
     return s
Index: Thuban/Lib/fileutil.py
===================================================================
--- Thuban/Lib/fileutil.py	(revision 2868)
+++ Thuban/Lib/fileutil.py	(working copy)
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import os
 import os.path
+import sys
 from tempfile import mktemp
 
 from string import join
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@
     Under posix systems use the os.expanduser() method.
     Under Win32 try to read the "Explorer/Shell Folders/" value "AppData".
     """
-
     if os.name == 'posix':
         dir = os.path.expanduser("~/.thuban")
         if not os.path.isdir(dir):
@@ -191,13 +191,24 @@
             dir = os.path.join(guess, "thuban")
         if not os.path.isdir(dir):
            os.mkdir(dir)
+        
+        return str(dir)
 
-        return dir
-
     else:
         raise RuntimeError(_("No implementation of get_application_dir"
                        " available for platform") + os.name)
 
+def get_thuban_dir():
+    """Determine the path to the where the Thuban directory is stored 
+
+    This method is needed to solve problems when the application is frozen
+    """
+    if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+        res_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))
+    else:
+        res_path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir ,os.pardir))
+    return res_path
+
 # bind the appropriate version of relative_filename for the platform
 # we're currently running on.
 if os.name == "posix":
Index: Thuban/Model/resource.py
===================================================================
--- Thuban/Model/resource.py	(revision 2868)
+++ Thuban/Model/resource.py	(working copy)
@@ -20,16 +20,15 @@
 import Thuban
 from Thuban import _
 
-from Thuban.Lib.fileutil import get_application_dir
+from Thuban.Lib.fileutil import get_application_dir, get_thuban_dir
 
 from Thuban.Model.xmlreader import XMLReader
 from Thuban.Model.xmlwriter import XMLWriter
 from Thuban.Model.proj import Projection, ProjFile
 from xml.sax import SAXParseException
 
-projdir = \
-        os.path.join(Thuban.__path__[0], os.pardir, "Resources", "Projections")
 
+projdir = os.path.join(get_thuban_dir(), "Resources", "Projections")
 
 PROJ_EXT = ".proj"
 
Index: Thuban/UI/application.py
===================================================================
--- Thuban/UI/application.py	(revision 2868)
+++ Thuban/UI/application.py	(working copy)
@@ -105,6 +105,38 @@
             logging.exception(_("Cannot import the thuban_cfg module."))
 
         logging.info(_("Trying to read ~/.thuban/thubanstart.py."))
+        try:
+            import Extensions.gns2shp
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load gns2shp')
+        try:
+            import Extensions.umn_mapserver
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load umn_mapserver')            
+        try:
+            import Extensions.wms
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load wms')
+        try:
+            import Extensions.bboxdump
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load bboxdump')            
+        try:
+            import Extensions.mouseposition
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load mouseposition')            
+        try:
+            import Extensions.profiling
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load profiling')
+        try:
+            import Extensions.svgexport
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load svgexport')
+        try:
+            import Extensions.ogr
+        except:
+            sys.stderr.write('Cannot load ogr')            
         dir = get_application_dir()
         if os.path.isdir(dir):
             sys.path.append(dir)
@@ -115,7 +147,7 @@
                 try:
                     if tb.tb_next is not None:
                         # The ImportError exception was raised from
-                        # inside the thubanstart module.
+                        # inside the thubanstart module.                        
                         sys.stderr.write(_("Cannot import the thubanstart"
                                          " module\n"))
                         traceback.print_exc(None, sys.stderr)