[sixpack]

hi
i have a cmd and want it to be convert to a exe
the code below is for excuting for a exe
on a cd with out knowing the cd drive letter.and works 100%
because the cmd icon is ugly i want a exe with a nice icon
the cmd is copyt during the install of windows xp to the desktop

is this poseble,can somone help me with this?

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off
ECHO.
for /f "tokens=3" %%i IN ('reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup /v "SourcePath" ^| findstr "REG_SZ"') do set SOURCE=%%i
SET SOURCE=%SOURCE:~0,2%
%SOURCE%\install\soft.EXE 

EXIT

thanks for reading this

[prathapml]

There's any number of tools which can do this! Searching for it on google will give hundreds of good results. Moreover, compiling a batch file into executable will speed up what it does too.

Attached is one such compiler, test it first before deciding that it works properly.

Attached File(s)

•  Bat2Exe.ZIP (33.43K)
  Number of downloads: 362

[sixpack]

thanks prathapml works
but how to insert a icon file?

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Hmm, nice! Can be helpful for me too

Maybe a dumb question, but is it possible to merge everything together? Like this:

------------------------------
batch.cmd------------------
commands_and_stuff.txt-- >>>> Mini-program.exe
------------------------------

This is not possible with IExpress, as far as I know...

[RyanVM]

sixpack, on Sep 26 2004, 10:33 AM, said:

thanks prathapml works
but how to insert a icon file?

Google Resource Hacker

[sixpack]

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Google Resource Hacker

nope doesent work
tryed it

[prathapml]

huh?
Whatcha mean? Resource Hacker 3.4
Get it, and open up the compiled EXE. Then edit the icon resource, and replace what is already there with another of equal number of bytes.

Does work!

[sixpack]

Quote

huh?
Whatcha mean?

there is nothing to edit:

Attached File(s)

•  naamloos1.JPG (17.04K)
  Number of downloads: 43

[prathapml]

Well, then - I dunno! Ideas anyone?

[Innominandum]

It won't work with resource hacker or any resource editing program,
because the executable that bat2exe makes is a DOS program not just a console program. So no luck there.
You can try Batch File Compiler (google it) but I haven't tried it so I can really say for sure.

Any way , good luck and if you find anything post it here so we all learn the trick.

[radhus]

Did you get any error messages when you opened tha file?
If not:
Use some of the menus and choose insert or something, insert an icon and name it 1 i think. Try that...

[Innominandum]

I don't think that will work because the executable doesn't have any code to handle resources. Doing this you will probably damage the file.

But then again, you won't know until you try.

[sixpack]

Innominandum, on Oct 22 2004, 03:32 PM, said:

I don't think that will work because the executable doesn't have any code to handle resources. Doing this you will probably damage the file.

But then again, you won't know until you try.

try it no luck
well i have a workaround
i did pack it up in a sfx rar file and give it a nice icon

[Innominandum]

sixpack, on Oct 22 2004, 08:49 AM, said:

try it no luck
well i have a workaround
i did pack it up in a sfx rar file and give it a nice icon

Clever

[sixpack]

i have now Quick Batch File Compiler
this one hase resources
but i dunno how to ad the icon resource, if i at one and save it it does not diplay the icon
btw the icon resoursrce is in the exe file but the name is 0
and i can not change it

Ideas anyone?

Attached File(s)

•  naamloos.JPG (21.46K)
  Number of downloads: 10

[prathapml]

The icon resource that you want to replace it with has to be of the same file-size and color-depth.

[sixpack]

prathapml, on Nov 27 2004, 02:15 PM, said:

The icon resource that you want to replace it with has to be of the same file-size and color-depth.

i know but there is no icon resource
i must ad it that's my problem
and when i'm done it doesend show the icon
the file 0, i guess i must ad a string or something like that