There are many reasons to want to 'convert' a .bat to .exe - to hide/obfuscate implementation, passwords, path to resources , to create a service from batch file ... and mainly to make your work to look more complicated and important than it really…
I'd looked around for information to convert a VBScript (*.vbs) to an executable and realised that most of the tools available are actually wrapping the script in the executable. Tried a few tools and it didn't worked as well as expected. I tried…
I'm trying to create a installer with iexpress for a WAV Audio Player in C that I finished today, but, when I'm on the last step, it cames up with the following error message: "Unable to open the Report file C:\Users\Poleto\Desktop\~SWAV.RPT"
Any…
I need help with Example for Use iexpress command line to create EXE package.
I have a folder With multiple files and folders inside, and I want to create a single EXE file from this folder. Is it possible to help me with an example of how to create…
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I have created a fancy .NET program which has an installer created by the Visual Studio Installer (VSI). The VSI creates 2 files (setup.exe and MyProgramSetup.msi). I understand the reasons for both files being needed, however, I…
I was trying to deploy my project with IExpress. I have the following scenario. I want to extract some files to a location preferably c:\program files\. Then after it copies all the files i want it to run a .cmd file (which is a script). the script…
I'm using iexpress to make a self extracting executable. Is there a way I can hard-code an extraction destination folder (preferably into a temp folder somehwere) so as to not have the extraction pop up the "Please type the location where you want…
I am trying to use iexpress to run my batch file which will execute the 2 exe & 1 msi files for me. when i try to do it manually, it works.
following is the code in my batch file.
Start /wait %CD%\1.exe /q
Start /wait %CD%\2.exe /q
msiexec.exe /i…
I wish to combine many installers and make an exe using Iexpress. Total size of installers is 750MB. I tried combine and generated using Iexpress but the created exe file size is only 80MB. And when i double click and attempt to run the exe, its…
I'm using the 32-bit iexpress.exe found in c:\windows\syswow64. The resulting .exe file is fine on Windows 7 and Windows 8 (x64) where I can confirm it is a 32-bit app. However when trying to run that on XP, it won't, claiming that it's not a…
How can I set custom version of IExpress output file. I found this article http://www.mdgx.com/INF_web/custver.htm and everything except File version is working fine. Whatever I try I can't seem to set custom file version. It looks like IExpress is…
I'm using IExpress to combine my bootstrapper and msi file. It works fine except that if I install the program on a machine without any of the prerequisites (.net 4, sql ce), it will fail. It always fails after rebooting, which happens after…
I'm trying to use iExpress to install dependencies on a small script that I've created on NodeJS.
The iExpress package simply installs the packages Node:
msiexec /i node.msi
Then runs a Post installation Batch to put the Javascript into a folder in…
I have a bat script that takes a single string as a command line argument to determine which configuration files to copy. The bat code is pretty simple for the variable assignment (paraphrased below) and it works as expected with any command line…
