*.bat to *.exe?
Chua Wen Ching
in windows 2000/XP? Thank you.
From,
Chua Wen Ching
Oli Restorick
batch files and you want them to behave as execuatable files, without
flashing up a command interpreter window.
I think I can safely say that it's not possible to turn them into executable
files, but Joe at www.joeware.com has a utility that will launch an
executable file silently.
Why don't you tell us what you're trying to achieve and then we can make
some better suggestions?
Regards
Oli
"Chua Wen Ching" <wenc...@wenching.com> wrote in message
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Chris Thomas
where now, but it lets you compile a batch file into
an .exe file.
>.
>
Marty List
Actually it is possible, there are several utilities written to do this. I
haven't used them in years, since the DOS 5.0 time frame.
I still have one of these programs called TurboBat.exe in my toolbox. The
file is dated 1993 but it appears to work somewhat in Windows 2000, but only
with some basic commands. For example, it didn't like Attrib for some
reason.
I have no idea how well they will work under NT, but it looks like they're
still around:
TurboBAT: Compiles DOS batch file to .COM file
http://www.hyperware.com/pub/xdos/tbt501s.zip
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/40684.html
bat2ex15.zip Converts BAT files to EXE files:
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/40551.html
PowerBatch: Compiles batch-like files to EXE
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/40651.html
"Oli Restorick" <use...@willowhayes.co.uk> wrote in message
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Torgeir Bakken (MVP)
> I am guessing that what you're trying to say is that you have some existing
> batch files and you want them to behave as execuatable files, without
> flashing up a command interpreter window.
>
> I think I can safely say that it's not possible to turn them into executable
> files, but Joe at www.joeware.com has a utility that will launch an
> executable file silently.
BAT2COM/EXE:
http://ihide.virtualave.net/download/download.html
http://www.subnetonline.com/download/download.html
http://nlsn.free.fr/batch-down/Bat2Exe.ZIP
COM2EXE & EXE2COM converter
http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone5/cat22/3105.htm
--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI
Porsgrunn Norway
Oli Restorick
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.B...@hydro.com> wrote in message
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Ritchie
> Looks like I was wrong, then. I'm having a bad day today.
Oli, until someone can demonstrate a bat to exe/com converter
that not only works but also 'knows' about the batch language
extensions in CMD.EXE, consider yourself _CORRECT_.
I suspect the absence of such a util is that anyone skillful
enough to create such a program knows that to do so would be
pointless - someone will always manage to break it. I challenge
anyone to write a converter that couldn't be broken by single a
line of code.
Chua,
Say why you want a converter, and I bet someone suggests a
better alternative, whether its for reasons of performance,
obfuscation, protection of intellectual rights or something
else.
My two cents,
--
Ritchie
Undo address for mail
Chua Wen Ching
I just want to place it in my registry - run rather than
in the c:\documents....\startup folder?
I think *.bat cannot run in registry - run so that is why
i need a *.exe?
Will it affect performance??
I also try running the QUIET program...it is not working.
it still display the command prompt.
Thank you.
Regards,
Chua Wen Ching :D
Chua Wen Ching
limitations?
script.bat
xcopy c:\haha\k\*.* c:\UBS
so simple but when i run bat2exe script.bat
it say script.bat not found...funny....?
i placed it in the same folder!
Thank you
Shenan T. Stanley
So instead of tringto run a *.bat from the registry - you want to convert it
to .exe?
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Put whatevcer you want to run there.
--
Shenan
Torgeir Bakken (MVP)
> Hmm...why i need a converter anyway?
> I just want to place it in my registry - run rather than
> in the c:\documents....\startup folder?
>
> I think *.bat cannot run in registry - run so that is why
> i need a *.exe?
Batch files run perfectly well from Run, this ones runs flawlessly on my Win2k
computer:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"tst"="c:\\tst.bat"
> Will it affect performance??
>
> I also try running the QUIET program...it is not working.
> it still display the command prompt.
That is because QUIET.EXE in itself creates a command window :(
If you want to hide the command prompt, do like this instead:
Start it from a vbscript (the batch file to run could also be a input parameter
to the vbscript):
wscript.exe <path to vbscript>
The line above can be placed in Run in registry.
Then use this vbscript:
Set oShell = CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell")
' the extra "" is to support spaces
sCmd = """c:\some dir\ my bat.bat"""
' The 0 will make it run hidden
oShell.Run sCmd, 0, False
If you want the vbscript to wait for the batch file to finish before continuing,
change "False" to "True".
Gary Smith
> Hmm...bat2exe is not working as i expected. Why? Any
> limitations?
BAT2EXE never worked very well, even on the version of DOS (5.0, I think)
for which it was designed. It would be most surprising to find it doing
an adequate job on any non-trivial Windows batch file. I played with it a
bit when it was first released and quickly abandoned it as useless.
--
Gary L. Smith g...@infinet.com
Columbus, Ohio
Al Dunbar
Of course, the unspoken caveat is that the .bat file should not require user
input...
/Al
Al Dunbar
Below is a slightly more general version of Torgeir's script that accepts
batch file names from the command-line. Could be run with:
wscript.exe <path to vbscript> <path to first batch> <path to second
batch>
or by drag-n-dropping a series of batch-files onto the vbscript file.
/Al
runwait = false
showWhenDone = false
Set oShell = CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell")
Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
if objArgs.Count = 0 then
msgbox "drag a batch file here"
else
for each arg in objargs
oShell.Run """" & arg & """", 0, runwait
if showwhendone then
msgbox arg & vbnewline & vbnewline & "done"
end if
next
end if