Can't use to make a .bat->.exe to run a .exe within same terminal/prompt window

[vertigo220]

I'll use C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe as an example.

I'm trying to convert a batch file that runs an exe file into an exe file so I can add a single folder to %path% and load it with these files which call their corresponding files in their locations, to prevent having to add each of those locations to %path% due to the size limitations. I can't just use a batch file, since 7z.bat which runs 7z.exe above won't come up in path when I try to do 7z.exe ... (in theory 7z ... would work, but I'd rather not do it that way and use the same/.exe extension to avoid possible issues if something tries running 7z.exe, which would be the norm, vs just 7z).

The problem is, I can run 7z.exe from the prompt and it will run in the same prompt, I can run 7z.bat and have it run 7z.exe and it runs in the same prompt, but if I create 7z.bat->7z.exe and run it, it runs in a new prompt/window, which is undesirable behavior. It should be possible to have it run in the same prompt, but it would take a change to bat2exe, perhaps through an additional switch that would modify the behavior. I'm just guessing, but it seems bat2exe is creating a basic exe without a CLI, so that launches and then launches the batch script, which then happens in a new window, whereas it needs to create an exe than runs as a CLI. Basically, the difference between 7zFM.exe and 7z.exe.

[vertigo220]

After trying a couple other options, I finally found one that does what I need: Advanced BAT to EXE Converter. I'd still much prefer to use bat2exe due to it being portable and enabling me to create the exe's on the fly via a batch script, but I wanted to point that out both in case anyone else was looking to do this and to show that it is in fact possible.