Solved I can't run bat and cmd files.

toprak · Jan 31, 2024

Hello guys, I do not know why, but I just can't run .bat and .cmd files with double click like before. I have to run first Windows Terminal and execute the scripts on that terminal session. When I click right click to bat and cmd files, there are no command line or PowerShell options.

Brink · Jan 31, 2024

Hello toprak,

You could test using option two in the tutorial below to reset these file types back to default to see if it may help.

Reset and Restore Default Apps for File Types in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to reset and restore the default app association of a file type for your account in Windows 11. A default app is the program that Windows has assigned to open a file or link type with by default when you open it. Default apps you choose will only apply to your...

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Try3 · Jan 31, 2024

Check that .bat and .cmd entries are listed in response to this command, in a Command prompt window, which lists all parts of the System environment variable called PathExt
echo %PathExt%
Open Command Prompt - TenForumsTutorials
Open Command Prompt - ElevenForumTutorials

A normal response to this command is:
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

Faults in the PathExt System environment variable are not common but do get reported from time to time.
If there's a problem, see
List of Environment Variables - TenForumsTutorials
List of Environment Variables - ElevenForumTutorials
Set New User and System Environment Variables - TenForumsTutorials
Path, PathExt - SS64
PathExt is also referred to in Command shell overview - MSDocs and discussed in Order in which command prompt executes files with the same name (a.bat vs a.cmd vs a.exe) - Stack Overflow

All the best,
Denis

toprak · Jan 31, 2024

Brink said:
Hello toprak,

You could test using option two in the tutorial below to reset these file types back to default to see if it may help.

Reset and Restore Default Apps for File Types in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to reset and restore the default app association of a file type for your account in Windows 11. A default app is the program that Windows has assigned to open a file or link type with by default when you open it. Default apps you choose will only apply to your...

www.elevenforum.com

It worked, thanks.

Try3 said:
Check that .bat and .cmd entries are listed in response to this command in a Command prompt window
echo %PathExt%
Open Command Prompt - TenForumsTutorials
Open Command Prompt - ElevenForumTutorials

A normal response to this command is:
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

Faults in the PathExt System environment variable are not common but do get reported from time to time.
If there's a problem, see
List of Environment Variables - TenForumsTutorials
List of Environment Variables - ElevenForumTutorials
Set New User and System Environment Variables - TenForumsTutorials
Path, PathExt - SS64
PathExt is also referred to in Command shell overview - MSDocs and discussed in Order in which command prompt executes files with the same name (a.bat vs a.cmd vs a.exe) - Stack Overflow

All the best,
Denis

After resetting, it gave the normal responses, thanks.

Brink · Jan 31, 2024

Great news. :shawn:

Try3 · Jan 31, 2024

Brink,

I could not find an ElevenForumTutorial for Set New User and System Environment Variables - TenForumsTutorials

Happy New Year,
Denis

Brink · Jan 31, 2024

Try3 said:
Brink,

I could not find an ElevenForumTutorial for Set New User and System Environment Variables - TenForumsTutorials

Happy New Year,
Denis

I'll add it to the list.

EDIT:

Create New Environment Variables in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to set (create) new user and system environment variables in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. The variables can be used both in scripts and on...

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rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

Check this and it was the same:

echo %PathExt%

A normal response to this command is:
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

Also did the bat reset

Brink said:
https://www.elevenforum.com/attachments/bat-reg.10807/?hash=9bfae830b3b8738b4281a3ab2e49bcab

but it still opens a terminal window. The registry has the following entry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

rdwray said:
Check this and it was the same:

If it was the same then that environment variable is not the cause of your problem.

rdwray said:
Also did the bat reset

Which tutorial was that in?

rdwray said:
it still opens a terminal window

What exactly is "it"?
A Terminal window not a cmd window?
Terminal shortcut - %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe
Cmd shortcut - cmd.exe

Denis

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

What exactly is "it"?

PingPrinter.bat

Code:

Start ping -n 10 192.168.1.70

Pause

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

And the window it opens looks like this?

Denis

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

Try3 said:
And the window it opens looks like this?
View attachment 89315

Denis

Yes.

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

It sounds as though the file association has been corrupted but your Registry entry is correct [it's the same as mine].
Does SFC help? Since the Registry entry is correct, Windows is not obeying it so SFC seems worth checking.

Sorry, got to rush,
Denis

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

I should also have checked:-
Do all batch files behave like this?

Denis

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

Try3 said:
I should also have checked:-
Do all batch files behave like this?

Denis

No...
Ran SFC and it did not find any problems. If I ad a shortcut to the problem .bat and select "Run as administrator" it acts normal.

Finally found what is causing the problem - pause at the end of the .bat, works fine without it. Even with the pause, it closes the running .bat window and leaves the powershell window open.

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

I ran your batch file and it ran in cmd windows.

rdwray said:
Even with the pause, it closes the running .bat window and leaves the powershell window open

I had no PS window at all.

I did not need Admin approval.
The only difference that Admin permission made was that it all ran in the System32 file The non-Admin run initial window was in the folder that the batch file was saved in.

The only difference that deleting Pause makes is that the initial window completes & closes so fast that it is not seen.
The second window appears in response to the Start command. I don't know what your objective is so I don't know why you did that. The script could otherwise just be
ping -n 10 192.168.1.70
Pause
or
ping -n 10 192.168.1.70

Denis

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

When running:
ping -n 10 192.168.1.70
Pause

It should show the results of the command like this:

But it looks like this (used your image):

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

rdwray said:
It should show the results of the command like this:

I agree.
The response to the ping command [without also using a Start command] would be like that, in a single window.

rdwray said:
But it looks like this (used your image):

Please would you post a screenshot of yours so I can look for any clues that it might hold.

Denis

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

Just found out something else, I can't do a print screen any more, it opens snipping tool and closes any open drop downs.

LesFerch · Mar 6, 2024

Please note that technically, there is no "Cmd window" or "PowerShell window". It's either a Console Host window or a Terminal window.

On Windows 10, by default, Cmd.exe and PowerShell.exe run in the Console Host (conhost.exe).

On Windows 11, by default, Cmd.exe and PowerShell.exe run in Windows Terminal (wt.exe).

Therefore, your batch file should, by default, run in a tabbed Terminal window and look like this: