Batch file ifexist

Learn more. Check if drive letter exists in batch, or else goto another piece of code Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 7 months ago. Active 8 months ago. Viewed 47k times. I'm trying to make a code that detects if a drive letter exists.

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Does it work if you remove ELSE? The way your batch file is written, it is working correctly. In the no part, after you clear the screen, you are not displaying anything like you are on the yes side, so you get a blank screen.

You can also take out the word ELSE to get to the no part too. Active Oldest Votes. Rishav Rishav 3, 28 28 silver badges 48 48 bronze badges. Why did you open a bounty for a question that you have the accepted answer to?

If you think your answer could be improved, just update it. I opened the bounty hoping someone would give a better answer. My answer although works Im searching for something more efficient and simply better answer. The if defined answer that both you and K4dse posted is the method that is considered best practice although the first three lines of your second answer are unnecessary. May I use a pattern of variable names?

Obviously, that variable is not defined. Show 1 more comment. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. K4dse K4dse 2 2 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. Philip Kelley Philip Kelley Secure is only enabling delayed expansion and using IF "! Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How to check if a file exists from inside a batch file [duplicate] Ask Question.

Asked 11 years, 1 month ago. Active 2 months ago. Viewed 1. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Chris J Chris J If you are dealing with paths with spaces: stackoverflow. I have a Windows batch script. The program cannot handle a situation in which the corresponding file is already existing. Therefore, I would like to check whether the file already exists and delete it if necessary before executing the application.

Last update on Created on Am I missing something simple possible , or could this have something to do with a WIN10 64bit file system that contains long file names in folders and files?