How to test if an executable exists in the %PATH% from a windows batch file?

Question

I\'m looking for a simple way to test if an executable exists in the PATH environment variable from a Windows batch file.

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Answer 1

If you are searching something like me on startup folder, should go folder. For example i search exe on startup folder and i use this code like

@echo off
cd C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
where /q program.exe
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
echo F | xcopy /Y /S /I /E "\\programsetup\programsetup.exe" 
"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\program.exe"
) ELSE (
ECHO Application exists. Let's go!
)