Consider using a Windows trampoline `.exe` instead of a `.cmd` wrapper to avoid `Terminate batch job (Y/N)?`

[sunfkny]

Description

On Windows, the CLI currently appears to be exposed through a .cmd wrapper. This can lead to inconvenient behavior when users press Ctrl+C.

When Ctrl+C is pressed while running a batch script, cmd.exe may display the prompt:

Terminate batch job (Y/N)?

This can interrupt normal CLI workflows, especially for tools that users expect to stop immediately when interrupted. It also differs from the typical behavior on Unix-like systems where Ctrl+C directly stops the running command.

Suggested solution

One possible alternative is to generate a small Windows trampoline .exe that forwards execution to the real CLI entrypoint instead of invoking it through a .cmd script.

A reference implementation of this pattern can be found in the trampoline used by astral-sh/uv:

https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/tree/main/crates/uv-trampoline

That approach generates lightweight .exe launchers and avoids relying on batch scripts.

This might be a useful approach if improving Ctrl+C behavior on Windows is something the project is interested in addressing.

Alternative

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[fengmk2]

Interesting improvement suggestion.

Could you make a short video recording of your process using this issue? Because I haven't been able to reproduce the Terminate batch job log message you mentioned on Windows, so I'd like to see under what circumstances it appears.

[sunfkny]

@fengmk2

I can reproduce it with just vp dev. The exact command I ran was:

vp create vite --no-interactive -- vite-project --template vue-ts && cd vite-project && vp dev

vp-835.mp4

[fengmk2]

@sunfkny I understand now, this happens when running the vp dev command. 💌 Thank you for providing such detailed information. I will take a close look at the solution you proposed and will reply with updates as soon as I make progress.

[fengmk2]

@sunfkny However, I found that this is not a problem specific to vp.cmd?
Because when I directly use npx create-vite to create a vite application, then use vite dev to start the dev server, and then trigger the interrupt command, the same command line prompt appears as well.

[sunfkny]

@fengmk2 Thanks for checking. I tested running the exe directly:

& "$HOME\.vite-plus\current\bin\vp.exe" dev

This works fine and does not show the "Terminate batch job (Y/N)?" prompt. But running vp dev shows the prompt.

vp-835-exe-test.mp4

[sunfkny]

Another test:

Running through the PowerShell script works fine and does not show the prompt:

& "$HOME\.vite-plus\js_runtime\node\24.14.0\npm.ps1" run dev

Running the .cmd directly shows the prompt:

& "$HOME\.vite-plus\js_runtime\node\24.14.0\npm.cmd" run dev

Running npm run dev may even show the prompt twice:

npm run dev

Providing a .ps1 wrapper on Windows can fix the issue in PowerShell, but an .exe trampoline handles cmd and other shells, providing a more universal solution.

[fengmk2]

@sunfkny I tried removing node.cmd and keeping only node.ps1, but programs like which node don't automatically search for the node.ps1 file extension as an executable program path for node.

I will follow your suggestion and switch to using exe proxy access as the shims solution. Thanks a lot.