Figure 1. I have converted a PowerShell script into .EXE format. Figure 2 confirms that I was able to run the newly created executable file. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 2.

Renegade's Random Tech weblog has a simple how-to for converting batch or .VBS scripts into executable forms using a lesser-known Windows program called IExpress.

Use the built-in IExpress.exe tool to easily convert PowerShell script (PS1) file to EXE in Windows 11/10. There are third-party tools available too.

So you've probably envisioned the idea: convert the file that we want to embed into an object file, then it can simply be linked in with the rest of our code. Let's say we have a file name data.txt ...