import sys from Tkinter import * from os import system as run from time import sleep import thread r = Tk() r.title('Remote Support') t = StringVar() t.set('Completing Remote Support Initalisation ') l = Label(r, textvariable=t).pack() def quit(): #do cleanup if any r.destroy() but = Button(r, text='Stop Remote Support', command=quit) but.pack(side=LEFT) def d(): sleep(2) t.set('Completing Remote Support Initalisation, downloading, please wait ') run('sleep 5') #test shell command t.set('Preparing to run download, please wait ') run('sleep 5') t.set("OK thanks! Remote Support will now close ") sleep(2) quit() sleep(2) thread.start_new_thread(d,()) r.mainloop()