create exe out of scope function

[Gintaras]

only launching the exe directly can do it? and it can't regard what windows are open or any other circumstance? that renders most of my macro library useless in exe format.

Yes, you have to launch exe manually or using some other program, eg task scheduler, or from a toolbar etc. Then macro running in exe itself can check conditions. Use win, wintest or other functions at the beginning to check conditions.

as an alternative, if the user has qm installed and running, is there any way to lock/hide the macro code/interface?

Look in Options -> Security.