How do I create a simple Octave distributable without installing Octave

The Octave documentation on this subject is both intimidating and sparse.

I did not know where else to document the solution I found, so I am posting here. I apologize if that's inappropriate, but I want to help the next guy.

The following solution is for a simple windows distributable.

Use Case:
A solution is developed in Octave 3.2.4, and needs to be distributed to end-users with few computer skills. Installing and explaining Octave is impossible, the solution must be "one-click" or "brain-dead-simple."

Known Issues:
imread fails in 3.2.4 because file_in_path.m is wrong. You will need to update the file file_in_path.m to the following (just replace it):

function name=file_in_path(p,file)
  idx=[1 findstr(p,pathsep) length(p)+1];
  for i=1:length(idx)-1
    if idx(i+1)-idx(i)<=1
      dir=strcat(pwd,"/");
    else
      dir=p(idx(i)+1:idx(i+1)-1);
    end
    name = fullfile(dir, file);
    fid = fopen(name,"r");
    if fid >= 0
      fclose(fid);
      return
    end
  end
  fid = fopen(file,"r");
  if fid >= 0,
    fclose(fid);
    name=file;
    return
  end
  name=[];