Need help with Batch: if exist wt = open in wt, else in cmd

[KozakMak]

...suspecting that this requires nircmd.
I want to open the current path in console, but with a condition: if exist wt = open in wt, else in cmd

[Stefan2]

It couldn't harm if you would be more explizit.


What means "wt" for you?
Windows Terminal?

What do you mean by "cmd" ?
The Windows command line interpreter CMD.exe?



 

[KozakMak]

Windows Terminal?

exactly

The Windows command line interpreter CMD.exe?

exactly

[Dalai]

You mean something like this:

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@echo off

setlocal

set CMD=%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
set WT=%SystemRoot%\system32\wt.exe

if exist "%WT%" (
    call "%WT%" %*
) ELSE (
    call "%CMD%" %*
)

endlocal

Save as e.g. WT_CMD.cmd and place it in %SystemRoot%. Drag it onto the button bar to create a new button. That should be all (you might need to make the current working directory empty).

PS: No idea if wt.exe exists in system32 directory; change the path if necessary.

[jonathanpoulin]

2KozakMak

I don't know if this is relevant in your case, but it can worth it to check your Windows Terminal app settings. If its setting 'Default terminal application' is set to "Windows Terminal", then running cmd.exe will be opened in Windows Terminal app automatically for you. The same goes for powershell.exe and pwsh.exe.