Windows batch files: .bat vs .cmd?

Question

As I understand it, .bat is the old 16-bit naming convention, and .cmd is for 32-bit Windows, i.e., starting with NT. But I continue to see .bat fi

Answer 1

Still, on Windows 7, BAT files have also this difference : If you ever create files TEST.BAT and TEST.CMD in the same directory, and you run TEST in that directory, it'll run the BAT file.

C:\>echo %PATHEXT%
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

C:\Temp>echo echo bat > test.bat

C:\Temp>echo echo cmd > test.cmd

C:\Temp>test

C:\Temp>echo bat
bat

C:\Temp>