You cannot. The only option is to make and mde which hides all code and
does not allow changes to forms, reports, etc., and run it either in full
Access or in the Run time version of Access.
You can't covert it to a .exe, but you can setup a package install that will
allow you to run the application on a pc that does not have ms-access
installed.
Here is a great link that explains this process, in regards to the a2003
runtime...