Detect if bat file is running via double click or from cmd window
cmd, windows
Solution
`%cmdcmdline%` gives the exact command line used to start the current Cmd.exe.
- When launched from a command console, this var is `"%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe"`.
- When launched from explorer this var is `cmd /c ""{full_path_to_the_bat_file}" "`; this implicates that you might also check the `%0` variable in your bat file, for in this case it is always the full path to the bat file, and always enclosed in double quotes.
Personally, I would go for the `%cmdcmdline%` approach (not `%O`), but be aware that both start commands can be overridden in the registry…
Problem
I have a bat file that does a bunch of things and closes the cmd window which is fine when user double clicks the bat file from explorer. But if I run the bat file from a already open cmd window as in cmd>c:\myfile.bat then I do not want the bat file to close the cmd window (END) since I need to do other things. I need bat dos command code that will do something like ``` if (initiated_from_explorer) then else endif ``` Is this possible ? thanks