Solved I can't run bat and cmd files.

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

LesFerch said:
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:

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If you run your batch file with "Run as Administrator", then it should open in Console Host and look like this:

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The batch file will run the same regardless of the host. It's the same Cmd.exe interpreter either way.

True, but it does not show the results of the batch file operation - i.e. if I ping 10 times, they don't show. The only way to get it to work is open a command window and enter the command there.

LesFerch · Mar 6, 2024

rdwray said:
True, but it does not show the results of the batch file operation - i.e. if I ping 10 times, they don't show. The only way to get it to work is open a command window and enter the command there.

That's unexpected. Try switching the default to Console Host and verify that it works correctly and then try switching it back to Terminal and see if the problem returns. Here's the tutorial for making the switch:

Change Default Terminal Application in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to change the default terminal application to Let Windows decide, Windows Console Host, or Windows Terminal for your account in Windows 11. A default terminal is the terminal emulator that launches by default when opening a command line application. Starting from...

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Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

That is a cmd window within Terminal.
I have no idea why that might appear when a batch file is being run from within File explorer. Mine do not. They appear as in my posted screenshots. You'll have to listen to Les about this topic.

rdwray said:
I can't do a print screen any more, it opens snipping tool

That, as I understand it, is a setting somewhere.
I know nothing about it because I use a shortcut, script & a third-party utility for my screenshots [and it all allows delays and that's what allows me to capture dropdown menus].

Denis

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

LesFerch said:
That's unexpected. Try switching the default to Console Host and verify that it works correctly and then try switching it back to Terminal and see if the problem returns. Here's the tutorial for making the switch:

Change Default Terminal Application in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to change the default terminal application to Let Windows decide, Windows Console Host, or Windows Terminal for your account in Windows 11. A default terminal is the terminal emulator that launches by default when opening a command line application. Starting from...

www.elevenforum.com

Still does not show the results of the batch file in the window - turns off the batch file and opens a new command window:

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

Try3 said:
That is a cmd window within Terminal.
I have no idea why that might appear when a batch file is being run from within File explorer. Mine do not. They appear as in my posted screenshots. You'll have to listen to Les about this topic.

That, as I understand it, is a setting somewhere.
I know nothing about it because I use a shortcut, script & a third-party utility for my screenshots [and it all allows delays and that's what allows me to capture dropdown menus].

Denis

I finally found the setting under Accessibility > Keyboard > Use the print screen key to open screen capture - turn off.

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

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

If I right-click on the Start menu & select PowerShell, I go straight to a PS window

Denis

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

rdwray said:
Still does not show the results of the batch file in the window - turns off the batch file and opens a new command window

Correct.
It is doing what your chosen commands have told it to do.
- The Start cmd opens the second window.
- The pinging all happens in the second window.
- There are no further actions in the first window other than proceeding to the pause line.

And, as I said before, I do not know why you are using a Start command. It appears to me to be unproductive and it complicates the picture.

Denis

OAT · Mar 6, 2024

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

Only if this is selected as Default Terminal Application, which is not on the system below:

Try3 · Mar 6, 2024

OAT said:
Only if this is selected:

Where is that?
I can't find it.
OK, it's Terminal, Settings

Denis

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

Found a way to keep the results window open: start "" cmd /k ping -n 3 192.168.1.70

But that is not the answer because the .bat starts in one window and then switches to another one for the results so that there are two windows open.

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

Finally the answer - simply remove "start" from the command as I have always used in other versions of windows:

Before:
start "" cmd /k ping -n 3 192.168.1.70
Pause

After:
cmd /k ping -n 3 192.168.1.70
Pause

LesFerch · Mar 6, 2024

rdwray said:
After:
cmd /k ping -n 3 192.168.1.70

There's no need to run cmd from within your batch file. The line can simply be:

ping -n 3 192.168.1.70

rdwray · Mar 6, 2024

LesFerch said:
There's no need to run cmd from within your batch file. The line can simply be:

ping -n 3 192.168.1.70

Try3 · Mar 7, 2024

rdwray said:
Finally

"Finally"?????

Try3 said:
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

What is your overall objective, what job is the pinging part of?

Denis

rdwray · Mar 7, 2024

Try3 said:
"Finally"?????

What is your overall objective, what job is the pinging part of?

Denis

Finally means that a single command window opening.

My printer is in another room and has a tendency drop offline so I always check before trying to print.