How to make an EXE file?

[lmsmi1]

I want to make an .exe file from a batch file, but I don't want to make an installer. I want to make a .bat file into a .exe file like the Homeworld 2 tool "HW2BGBuilder". It shows up as .exe on the icon but pops up as a batch file. How would I do this?

[kais58]

HW2BGBuilder was created in Visual C++ 6 and you can download VC++ 2008 Express Edition from Microsoft which can create programs such as that though it is certainly not a trivial thing to do. Look up C/C++ tutorials to help.