I am using visual studios 2010. my program runs exactly how I want it to and now I want to save it so it is easy to run the program without having to open VS. I want to know is there an easy way to convert it to an exe file?
Your program is already a full fledged exe. Depending on how you compile it (Debug/Release) you will find the exe in according directories (near your project).
With your project settings you can control the directories where the output is written to.
Tip: Set the runtime libraries to static. So you don't need additional dll. See: