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I have a path for folder containing curl.exe file (C:\My\Custom\Directory\) added to Path Environment Variable. The problem is that when I call curl from command line, it runs another curl executable than the intended one. When I traced which executable was running using Process Explorer, I found it in C:\Windows\System32\ (may be installed after the new Windows Update). The problem with this is that this executable doesn't support some features I use.

What I need to do is to override curl to call curl.exe from C:\My\Custom\Directory\ instead of calling it from C:\Windows\System32\.

Notes:
I know I can use "C:\My\Custom\Directory\curl.exe" in command line, but I want to use curl only to call curl.exe from my custom directory.
Also I can't delete C:\Windows\System32\ from the Path variable because it contains other important executable, and I think I can't.

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    Put your curl directory path at the start of the PATH environment variable rather than the end.
    – Mokubai ♦
    Jun 4, 2018 at 12:05
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    Why not modify the order in the path to have your `C:\My\Custom\Directory` in front. There is a curl.exe with the very last update. Fall update doesn't have it.
    – LotPings
    Jun 4, 2018 at 12:07

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The order of %path% items matters. You can check it using where curl.exe

Thanks to JosefZ and everyone commented.

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    If moving C:\My\Custom\Directory above C:\Windows\System32 in the PATH order causes unintended side-effects, then another option is to use an alias doskey curl=C:\My\Custom\Directory\curl.exe, though it will work only from the command line, not in a batch file. The alias check precedes any PATH search.
    – AFH
    Jun 4, 2018 at 13:22

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