Creating an exe from a .vbs script

Hi

I have a .vbs script for enabling Auto Logon into a Windows box which
runs as
c:\>wscript.exe AutoLogo.vbs

I need to create an exe file of the same AutoLogon.vbs file.
Is that possible? If yes, how?

_linuxplorer

joseomjr
Thu Sep 06 06:45:28 PDT 2007

Yes it is possible. PrimalScript allows you to package your VBS into
an EXE. There is also ExeScript that does the same thing.

mayayana
Thu Sep 06 07:22:58 PDT 2007


>
> I have a .vbs script for enabling Auto Logon into a Windows box which
> runs as
> c:\>wscript.exe AutoLogo.vbs
>
> I need to create an exe file of the same AutoLogon.vbs file.
> Is that possible? If yes, how?
>
Yes. Put it inside a zip file and then make a self-executing
zip (EXE) from that. Most zip programs can do it. Set the
self-executing zip to run any script or program inside
when the it's unpacked. You can get the last free version
of PowerArchiver here:
www.321download.com/LastFreeware

PowerArchiver can do all of the above without needing to
pay for another program.

If you have to have a real EXE for some reason, use
something like C++. Script is interpreted code, not compiled
code. Creating a real script EXE is a contradiction in terms.

Harvey
Thu Sep 06 07:36:06 PDT 2007

There's Vbs2Exe. Its only $9.

http://www.enkeladress.com/

mr_unreliable
Thu Sep 06 10:28:13 PDT 2007

mayayana wrote:
> Yes. Put it inside a zip file and then make a self-executing
> zip (EXE) from that. Most zip programs can do it. Set the
> self-executing zip to run any script or program inside
> when the it's unpacked. You can get the last free version
> of PowerArchiver here:
> www.321download.com/LastFreeware
>
> PowerArchiver can do all of the above without needing to
> pay for another program.
>
Mayayana, I followed your advice about PowerArchiver (from
a previous posting recommending it), and have some good-and-
bad feedback.

Good: It does what you say, and seems a powerful package.

Bad: When you install P.A. it inserts itself into EVERY
context menu in the system, with always two, and sometimes
four extra context menu entries. I found this to be
_EXTREMELY_ annoying. Ever since installing P.A. I have
been fiddling with the registry, cleaning up those extra
context menus entries one-by-one, and muttering curses under
my breath for every context menu that I had to clean up.

I suppose if one used P.A. every time another file or
folder was created, they would appreciate all those extra
context menu entries. But for only a very occasional user,
I am happy enough to call up P.A. when I need it, and
prefer to ignore it the rest of the time.

cheers, jw

mayayana
Thu Sep 06 18:40:02 PDT 2007

> Mayayana, I followed your advice about PowerArchiver (from
> a previous posting recommending it), and have some good-and-
> bad feedback.
>
> Good: It does what you say, and seems a powerful package.
>
> Bad: When you install P.A. it inserts itself into EVERY
> context menu in the system, with always two, and sometimes
> four extra context menu entries. I found this to be
> _EXTREMELY_ annoying. Ever since installing P.A. I have
> been fiddling with the registry, cleaning up those extra
> context menus entries one-by-one, and muttering curses under
> my breath for every context menu that I had to clean up.
>
I noticed that it adds a "New" context menu.
And I share your feeling about that sort of thing.
I finally made a VBScript shortcut to start Paint
Shop Pro at one point because it drove me crazy
that PSP would add to the context menu on every
start-up without asking! (So I wrote the script to
start PSP, wait 10 seconds, then clean the Registry.)

I'm not really a cheerleader for PA. I've found
that it doesn't really handle some of the exotic
types that it claims to, like tar.gz. I have to use
7-Zip for that.
But I like to tell people about PA 6.1 (the last free
version) because it pretty much does everything one
needs in a zip program. It works dependably. It's free.
And zip-ing is really not such a big deal. There are lots
of free zip programs around. I imagine most of them
probably work fine. (Though I don't know how common
it is to have SFX capability.) It amazes me that WinZip
has made a permanent business out of endless updates
to the same basic, overpriced program that really just
does zip-ing... And as far as I know their code is actually
derived from the free Info-ZIP code, anyway.

PA eventually took the approach of copying everything
about WinZip, getting more bloated and "wizard-infested"
with each new version. But the older, free version is
relatively clean, once one gets rid of the "tip-of-the-day"
nonsense.

Dave
Tue Sep 11 18:57:20 PDT 2007

Why not use IEXPRESS?


"explorer" <gourabbaksi@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1189071922.109987.279920@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> I have a .vbs script for enabling Auto Logon into a Windows box which
> runs as
> c:\>wscript.exe AutoLogo.vbs
>
> I need to create an exe file of the same AutoLogon.vbs file.
> Is that possible? If yes, how?
>
> _linuxplorer
>