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.

It encapsulates the script with a lightweight PowerShell host written in C# and compiles the dynamically generated C# source code in memory to an EXE file.

Here’s how to create PowerShell script file on Windows 11/10 using VS Code: Head to Visual Studio Download page. Click the Windows button to download the installer.

I kick off SFTP scripts from the command line using a traditional batch file. For example, this is a listing of a batch file named deploy.bat — used to start the SFTP client with script file.