autoexec.bat #15795

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opened 2026-01-31 04:48:36 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jim-tyson on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Remember in the DOS days, the c:\autoexec.bat file would run on machine startup? It would be really cool if I could add a reference to an 'autoexec.cmd' file in a profile configuration, which would execute automatically whenever I start up that profile. I could put echo statements, run any cmd shell commands or set environment variables that I want, etc.

This would take a lot of burden off the settings you have to store, since I can set up the environment how I want in the batch file.

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@PhMajerus commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021):

This is already possible, simply change the Command line of the profile to call the .cmd file you want when launched, for example:
cmd.exe /K call %USERPROFILE%\autoexec1.cmd
You can duplicate the profile with different command files to easily get different environments.

@PhMajerus commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021): This is already possible, simply change the Command line of the profile to call the .cmd file you want when launched, for example: `cmd.exe /K call %USERPROFILE%\autoexec1.cmd` You can duplicate the profile with different command files to easily get different environments.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 8, 2021):

Yep, not sure I have anything else to add here. Thanks!

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Nov 8, 2021): Yep, not sure I have anything else to add here. Thanks!
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Reference: starred/terminal#15795