The below VB.net Console Application will simply return the MD5 hash of a file you pass to it as an argument.

Exmaple Usage:

"C:\test\File_MDS_Hash_Generator.exe" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE <enter>
3D478B8AF281FA52E8EF1BD9E7895DA5

Do NOT enclose the argument with quotes even if your path contains spaces or you will get an nasty error.

I created the below console application in Visual Basic.Net Express 2008 to convert a given string to a SHA1 hash, atteched is the complied EXE

Example usage:

C:\>SHA1.exe String_To_Hash
92aca6d2d5997cb8d0186935eeda35058c686688

I created the below console application in Visual Basic.Net Express 2008 to convert a given string to a MD5 hash, atteched is the complied EXE

Example usage:

C:\>MD5.exe String_To_Hash
5649c7d2b3cb75d98a5f4372d289d0b7