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Bat_To_Exe v1.4.1

Portable: 1 executable, no registry entries, no .NET


HomePage:http://www.f2ko.de/English/b2e/index.php
Direct Download: http://www.f2ko.de/downloads/Bat_To_Exe_Converter.zip


Bat_To_Exe compiles .bat and .cmd files into .exe files, embedding any necessary binaries in the process.
Features:
Can run the compiled batch file as a Dos Window, or as "ghost" (invisible),
Can add icons, binaries, version information
Hides the source code of the batch file (autodeletes the batch file after running)
GUI or command-line options for creating compiled batch files.


What I like best is the ghost application aspect, so for all intents and purposes the final product is a Win32 app. (I have only done a bit of testing on Vista so far, but it looks good, if the console app is vista compatible). I also use Horst Schaeffer's Win32 batch utilities to make simple GUIs for some of my batches, making the product fully portable and interactive.

I had been using Quick Batch File Converter for bat conversions
but they always get flagged by av programs.

So I started using this one and no more alarms are being sounded.

Seems the batch files opened up in the temp folder and operate from there.
Kinda like a winrar sfx temp mode archive I guess.
I never noticed if this was how QBFC worked or not but its a pretty cool little utility.
Thanks for the suggestion Cornflower,I have been using batch files alot lately and this is a nice addition to the toolbox.
Now if I could find one for vbs files that wont get alarms I would be set

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Note that your reference is to version 1.4.0 or 1.4.1 is now outdated, and spacemonkey posted the update to 1.5.0 with significant improvements:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3861

You can place the embedded files either in the current or the Temporary directory (which I presume uses the %Temp% variable--it appears to do so). This for the most part solves the comment that M^2 made some time ago, perfectly valid for 1.4.x, that compiled batch files have difficulty with directories. It also has an option to overwrite existing files, a Vista manifest, and decompiler mode (though due to a lack of documentation, I am not sure how this one works--it may be just for the programmer him/herself).

Have fun!

Well the download link in your post is still valid,it downloads the latest version
This is the first topic I found in my search,I read the others after the fact.

At any rate its a nice alternative to QBFC for me.
I wish I knew why QBFC triggers my AntiVirus and this one doesnt.
oh well.

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"Defects are always more tolerable than the changes necessary to correct them"