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Is it possible to make PowerShell always call ie when calling external programs?

Similar to using #!/usr/bin/env bash or #!/usr/bin/env sh, maybe something like

# Note: By default, due to its ubiquity, we use bash, unless -UseSh was passed or bash doesn't exist (unlikely).
if ($UseSh) {
	(Get-Command -CommandType 'Application' -Name 'sh').Path
} else {
	@(Get-Command -CommandType 'Application' -Name 'bash', 'sh' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)[0].Path
}

PING A,B
IE PING A,B

Ping request could not find host A,B.
Ping request could not find host A.

I use Scoop to install command line programs on Windows. For each executable, Scoop creates two shims in ~/scoop/shims/: a .ps1 and an .exe. For example:

PS C:\> Get-Command -All git

CommandType     Name             Version    Source
-----------     ----             -------    ------
ExternalScript  git.ps1                     C:\Users\imgx64\scoop\shims\git.ps1
Application     git.exe          0.0.0.0    C:\Users\imgx64\scoop\shims\git.exe

If you try to run such shim with ie, it fails because the .ps1 has higher priority.

PS C:\> ie git --version
This command supports external executables (applications) only; "git" ("git.ps1") is a command of type ExternalScript
At C:\Users\imgx64\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Native\1.0.3\Native.psm1:540 char:5
+     Throw (
+     ~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (git:String) [], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidCommandType

Is it possible to detect this and run the .exe instead, without the user having to type .exe explicitly?

PS C:\> ie git.exe --version
git version 2.28.0.windows.1

cmd.exe does have a simpler mode for passing in command-line stuff: use /s and put a pair of double quotes over whatever is in /c as the end of the cmdline. The quote would be simply stripped and the contents used.