Replacing cmd.exe with an another console tool

Question

I like to use Console2 instead of the default command line for Windows. Out of habbit i'm still writing "cmd" into Total Commander's command line sometimes to open a DOS console into the current directory. And it doesn't open Console2 of course and it makes me angry. :) I wonder if it's possible to redirect the "cmd" command to run Console2 instead of cmd.exe?

I've already tried adding Console2's folder to the PATH and creating a cmd.lnk file pointing to console2.exe but it's not working. I don't think it's a good idea to rename cmd.exe to something else and simply copy console2.exe as cmd.exe into SYSTEM32.

Answer 1

You may want to use ConEmu for this.

To configure this, follow the steps.

1. Open Settings(press Win + Alt + P).

   

2. In the next window, on the left side click Default term.

   

3. Check the option Force ConEmu as default terminal for console applications.