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Witek
Witek

Reputation: 6472

How to create a windows executable which starts a command?

I would like to have a windows executable (.exe-file) which starts a given command. The command to execute would be stored in an .ini-file (or something similar) in the same directory as the executable.

It needs to work on XP, Vista and Win7.

What is the easiest way to get such an executable with open source tools?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 314

Answers (2)

Heinrich Ulbricht
Heinrich Ulbricht

Reputation: 10362

Make a batch file (.bat) and use a Batch to Exe converter to convert it to an .exe file.

The batch file contains the following commands:

@echo off
set /p var= <MyCommand.txt
%var%
exit

And MyCommand.txt contains your command, for example:

"notepad.exe"

The batch file reads the command from the text file and runs it. And if you don't want a .bat then convert it to .exe. That's it.

Upvotes: 1

PhilJ
PhilJ

Reputation: 303

There's a tool called IExpress that converts batch files or vb scripts to exe files. I haven't tried it, but it seems to be what you want.

Upvotes: 1

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