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How to Convert a .BAT file or .VBS file into .EXE to Enable Pinning to XP Start Menu July 12, 2006

Posted by 361degrees in Tips & Tricks.
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Windows XP will not allow you to pin a shortcut to the start menu that points to a network drive. For this reason it can be necessary to write a batch file to launch a program. The issue is that a shortcut pointed to a .bat file also contains no “Pin to Start Menu” option. While it can be dragged onto the start menu, this leaves no option for scripting these shortcuts.

The simple solution is to convert the .bat file to an .exe file and lucky for us Windows XP includes a tool that can do it…

To downlaod the Tutorial -

Tutorial.doc

 

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1. MaNsOoR - June 29, 2008

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2. domen_h - November 23, 2008

vx chaos.com,vx heavens.com…you need this for making exe viruses..probably….:P bad boy