diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.test.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.test.ts
index e0d8897a1b3..9b6726a4377 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.test.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { removeTreeSync } from '../../shared/windows-transient-lock-removal'
-import { WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH } from './installer-utils'
-import { wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand } from './windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
+import { WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH, wrapWindowsHookCommand } from './installer-utils'
+import {
+  wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand,
+  wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand
+} from './windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { getWindowsClaudeHookEntry } from '../claude/windows-hook-files'
 import { getManagedScript } from '../claude/hook-script'
 import { getWindowsPowerShellExecutablePath } from './windows-powershell-hook-launcher'
@@ -54,6 +57,22 @@ describe('wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand', () => {
+  it('registers a cmd-safe .cmd hook by its bare path', () => {
+    expect(wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(SAFE_PATH)).toBe(wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand(SAFE_PATH))
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the encoded launcher for a path the shells cannot carry bare', () => {
+    const spaced = 'C:\\Users\\Bob Smith\\.orca\\agent-hooks\\gemini-hook.cmd'
+    expect(wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(spaced)).toBe(wrapWindowsHookCommand(spaced))
+    // Guarded Unicode .cmd paths take the cheaper policy switch, as wrapWindowsCmdHookCommand does.
+    const unicode = 'C:\\Users\\rené\\.orca\\agent-hooks\\gemini-hook.cmd'
+    expect(wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(unicode)).toBe(
+      wrapWindowsHookCommand(unicode, {}, { useProcessPolicyEnvironment: true })
+    )
+  })
+})
+
 describe.skipIf(process.platform !== 'win32')(
   'direct hook command, run by Windows hook hosts',
   () => {
diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.ts
index e4fbc4d2ffc..dce62ec40a8 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-import { WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH } from './installer-utils'
+import {
+  isSafeUnicodeWindowsBatchHookPath,
+  WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH,
+  wrapWindowsHookCommand
+} from './windows-hook-command'
 
 // UNC paths cannot be started consistently by all Windows hook hosts.
 const WINDOWS_DRIVE_LETTER_PATH = /^[A-Za-z]:\\/
 
-/** A bare path works without guessing whether Claude selected Bash or PowerShell. */
+/** A bare path runs the same under cmd.exe, PowerShell and Git Bash, so no host shell is guessed. */
 export function wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand(scriptPath: string): string | null {
   if (!WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH.test(scriptPath) || !WINDOWS_DRIVE_LETTER_PATH.test(scriptPath)) {
     return null
@@ -11,3 +15,20 @@ export function wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand(scriptPath: string): string | nu
   // The script owns failure handling; PowerShell 5.1 cannot parse a shell-level `||`.
   return scriptPath.replaceAll('\\', '/')
 }
+
+/**
+ * Registration for a managed `.cmd` hook: the bare path skips a PowerShell start-up per event
+ * (#18875); paths the shells cannot carry bare keep the encoded launcher. A missing script then
+ * prints "not recognized" until Orca reinstalls it instead of exiting silently.
+ */
+export function wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath: string): string {
+  return (
+    wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand(scriptPath) ??
+    wrapWindowsHookCommand(
+      scriptPath,
+      {},
+      // Same policy shortcut as wrapWindowsCmdHookCommand for guarded Unicode .cmd paths (#26382).
+      { useProcessPolicyEnvironment: isSafeUnicodeWindowsBatchHookPath(scriptPath) }
+    )
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts
index f242e8815ca..47eb53e26e4 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 // curl POST carries no payload. Shape, exit-code and stdout assertions all stayed green
 // through it, because none of them ever piped a payload. This suite pipes one and follows
 // it to the listener, so a launcher that takes stdin away from the hook fails here (#14818).
+// Every agent that registers a managed .cmd runs here under the shell its vendor uses.
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { runProcess } from '@orca/process-host'
 import { createServer, type Server } from 'node:http'
-import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { removeTreeSync } from '../../shared/windows-transient-lock-removal'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import type * as osModule from 'node:os'
 
 const { homedirMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
@@ -32,9 +33,14 @@ vi.mock('os', async (importOriginal) => {
 })
 
 import { ClaudeHookService } from '../claude/hook-service'
+import { CommandCodeHookService } from '../command-code/hook-service'
+import { DroidHookService } from '../droid/hook-service'
+import { DshHookService } from '../dsh/hook-service'
+import { GeminiHookService } from '../gemini/hook-service'
+import { KiroHookService } from '../kiro/hook-service'
 import { MuseHookService } from '../muse/hook-service'
 import { getMuseManagedHooksPath } from '../muse/hook-settings'
-import { readHooksJson, WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH } from './installer-utils'
+import { readHooksJson, WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH, wrapWindowsHookCommand } from './installer-utils'
 import { getConfigPath, getWindowsManagedLifecycleHook } from '../claude/hook-settings'
 import { findGitBash } from './windows-git-bash-path.test-fixture'
 
@@ -66,10 +72,11 @@ async function startHookListener(): Promise<{
     })
     req.on('end', () => {
       const form = new URLSearchParams(body)
+      const token = req.headers['x-orca-agent-hook-token']
       posts.push({
         payload: form.get('payload'),
         paneKey: form.get('paneKey'),
-        token: req.headers['x-orca-agent-hook-token'] as string | null
+        token: typeof token === 'string' ? token : null
       })
       res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'application/json' })
       res.end('{}')
@@ -84,18 +91,177 @@ async function startHookListener(): Promise<{
   return { server, port, posts }
 }
 
-type HookRun = { exitCode: number | null; stdout: string; stderr: string; timedOut: boolean }
-
-function runHookCommand(
-  executable: string,
-  args: string[],
-  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv
-): Promise<HookRun> {
-  return runProcess({ program: executable, args, env, input: PAYLOAD, timeoutMs: 15_000 }).then(
-    (result) => ({ ...result, exitCode: result.code })
-  )
+type Runner = {
+  name: string
+  program: () => string
+  args: (command: string) => string[]
+  verbatim?: boolean
 }
 
+const SYSTEM32 = join(process.env.SystemRoot ?? 'C:\\Windows', 'System32')
+const CMD = join(SYSTEM32, 'cmd.exe')
+const POWERSHELL = join(SYSTEM32, 'WindowsPowerShell', 'v1.0', 'powershell.exe')
+
+const CMD_PLAIN: Runner = {
+  name: 'cmd.exe',
+  program: () => 'cmd.exe',
+  args: (command) => ['/d', '/c', command]
+}
+const GIT_BASH: Runner = { name: 'Git Bash', program: findGitBash, args: (c) => ['-c', c] }
+// Vendor argv below; runners that prefer pwsh fall back to Windows PowerShell 5.1.
+const CMD_NODE_SHELL: Runner = {
+  name: 'cmd.exe (Node shell:true)',
+  program: () => CMD,
+  args: (command) => ['/d', '/s', '/c', `"${command}"`],
+  verbatim: true
+}
+const CMD_FACTORY: Runner = {
+  name: 'cmd.exe (Factory)',
+  program: () => CMD,
+  args: (command) => ['/d', '/s', '/c', command],
+  verbatim: true
+}
+const POWERSHELL_GEMINI: Runner = {
+  name: 'Windows PowerShell (Gemini)',
+  program: () => POWERSHELL,
+  args: (command) => [
+    '-NoProfile',
+    '-NonInteractive',
+    '-Command',
+    `${command}; if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }`
+  ]
+}
+const POWERSHELL_DSH: Runner = {
+  name: 'Windows PowerShell (DSH)',
+  program: () => POWERSHELL,
+  args: (command) => [
+    '-NoLogo',
+    '-NoProfile',
+    '-NonInteractive',
+    '-Command',
+    `[Console]::OutputEncoding=[System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8;$OutputEncoding=[System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8;${command}`
+  ]
+}
+const POWERSHELL_PLAIN: Runner = {
+  name: 'Windows PowerShell',
+  program: () => POWERSHELL,
+  args: (command) => ['-NoProfile', '-Command', command]
+}
+
+type Entry = { command?: string; hooks?: { command?: string }[] }
+const commandsOf = (entries: Entry[] | undefined): (string | undefined)[] =>
+  (entries ?? []).flatMap((entry) =>
+    entry.hooks ? entry.hooks.map((h) => h.command) : entry.command
+  )
+
+function readEvent(path: string, event: string): (string | undefined)[] {
+  return commandsOf(JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, 'utf8')).hooks?.[event])
+}
+
+function writeHooks(
+  path: string,
+  hooks: Record<string, Entry[]>,
+  extra: { name?: string } = {}
+): void {
+  mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true })
+  writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify({ ...extra, hooks }))
+}
+
+type Provider = {
+  name: string
+  script: string
+  stdout: string
+  install: () => { state: string }
+  /** Managed commands registered for the event the row runs; exactly one is expected. */
+  commands: (home: string) => (string | undefined)[]
+  /** Seeds the pre-#27717 encoded registration so install must replace it, not add to it. */
+  seedStale?: (home: string, stale: string) => void
+  runners?: Runner[]
+}
+
+const PROVIDERS: Provider[] = [
+  {
+    name: 'Claude',
+    script: 'claude-hook.cmd',
+    stdout: '{}',
+    install: () => new ClaudeHookService().install(),
+    commands: () => commandsOf(readHooksJson(getConfigPath())?.hooks?.PreToolUse)
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Muse',
+    script: 'muse-hook.cmd',
+    stdout: '',
+    install: () => new MuseHookService().install(),
+    commands: () => commandsOf(readHooksJson(getMuseManagedHooksPath())?.hooks?.PreToolUse)
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Droid',
+    script: 'droid-hook.cmd',
+    stdout: '',
+    install: () => new DroidHookService().install(),
+    commands: (home) => readEvent(join(home, '.factory', 'settings.json'), 'UserPromptSubmit'),
+    seedStale: (home, stale) =>
+      writeHooks(join(home, '.factory', 'settings.json'), {
+        UserPromptSubmit: [{ hooks: [{ command: stale }] }]
+      }),
+    runners: [CMD_FACTORY]
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Command Code',
+    script: 'command-code-hook.cmd',
+    stdout: '',
+    install: () => new CommandCodeHookService().install(),
+    commands: (home) => readEvent(join(home, '.commandcode', 'settings.json'), 'Stop'),
+    seedStale: (home, stale) =>
+      writeHooks(join(home, '.commandcode', 'settings.json'), {
+        Stop: [{ hooks: [{ command: stale }] }]
+      }),
+    runners: [CMD_NODE_SHELL]
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'Gemini',
+    script: 'gemini-hook.cmd',
+    stdout: '{}',
+    install: () => new GeminiHookService().install(),
+    commands: (home) => readEvent(join(home, '.gemini', 'settings.json'), 'BeforeAgent'),
+    seedStale: (home, stale) =>
+      writeHooks(join(home, '.gemini', 'settings.json'), {
+        BeforeAgent: [{ hooks: [{ command: stale }] }]
+      }),
+    runners: [POWERSHELL_GEMINI]
+  },
+  {
+    // dsh-hooks.json is Orca-owned and rewritten whole, so there is no stale entry to sweep.
+    name: 'DSH',
+    script: 'dsh-hook.cmd',
+    stdout: '',
+    install: () => new DshHookService().install(),
+    commands: (home) =>
+      readEvent(join(home, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', 'dsh-hooks.json'), 'UserPromptSubmit'),
+    runners: [POWERSHELL_DSH]
+  },
+  {
+    // Kiro is closed source; cover both shells it could use.
+    name: 'Kiro',
+    script: 'kiro-hook.cmd',
+    stdout: '',
+    install: () => new KiroHookService().install(),
+    commands: (home) => readEvent(join(home, '.kiro', 'agents', 'mine.json'), 'userPromptSubmit'),
+    seedStale: (home, stale) =>
+      writeHooks(
+        join(home, '.kiro', 'agents', 'mine.json'),
+        { userPromptSubmit: [{ command: stale }] },
+        { name: 'mine' }
+      ),
+    runners: [POWERSHELL_PLAIN, CMD_NODE_SHELL]
+  }
+]
+
+// A space keeps the bare path off the command line, so that profile takes the encoded launcher.
+const CASES = PROVIDERS.flatMap((provider) =>
+  ['user', 'user name'].map((homeName) => ({ ...provider, homeName }))
+)
+
 // Why: a developer box may set HKCU\...\Command Processor\AutoRun, which cmd.exe runs before
 // any .cmd — and MSYS spawns a .cmd without `/d`, so it fires on the Git Bash leg. Redirecting
 // USERPROFILE to a temp home makes the usual `%USERPROFILE%\.cmd_aliases.cmd` target vanish, and
@@ -105,9 +271,11 @@ function seedCmdAutoRunTarget(home: string): void {
   writeFileSync(join(home, '.cmd_aliases.cmd'), '@echo off\r\n', 'utf8')
 }
 
+// Why: strip every inherited ORCA_* so an endpoint file from a live Orca can never redirect the
+// hook's POST away from this listener.
 function hookEnvironment(extra: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
   const base = Object.fromEntries(
-    Object.entries(process.env).filter(([key]) => !key.startsWith('ORCA_'))
+    Object.entries(process.env).filter(([key]) => !key.toUpperCase().startsWith('ORCA_'))
   )
   return { ...base, ORCA_BACKGROUND_LAUNCH: '1', ...extra }
 }
@@ -125,7 +293,7 @@ describe('Windows managed hook launcher', () => {
 })
 
 describe.skipIf(process.platform !== 'win32')('Windows managed hook payload delivery', () => {
-  let home = ''
+  let root = ''
   let server: Server | null = null
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -133,47 +301,44 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform !== 'win32')('Windows managed hook payload deli
     server?.close()
     server = null
     homedirMock.mockImplementation(() => process.env.HOME ?? tmpdir())
-    if (home) {
-      removeTreeSync(home)
-      home = ''
+    if (root) {
+      removeTreeSync(root)
+      root = ''
     }
   })
 
-  it.each([
-    {
-      name: 'Claude',
-      install: () => new ClaudeHookService().install(),
-      configPath: getConfigPath,
-      script: 'claude-hook.cmd',
-      stdout: '{}'
-    },
-    {
-      name: 'Muse',
-      install: () => new MuseHookService().install(),
-      configPath: getMuseManagedHooksPath,
-      script: 'muse-hook.cmd',
-      stdout: ''
-    }
-  ])(
-    '$name delivers the piped payload through cmd.exe and Git Bash',
+  it.each(CASES)(
+    '$name delivers the piped payload through its runners (home "$homeName")',
     async (provider) => {
-      home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-hook-payload-'))
-      vi.stubEnv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', undefined)
+      root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-hook-payload-'))
+      const home = join(root, provider.homeName)
+      mkdirSync(home)
       homedirMock.mockReturnValue(home)
+      for (const name of ['USERPROFILE', 'HOME']) {
+        vi.stubEnv(name, home)
+      }
+      for (const name of ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME', 'KIRO_HOME', 'DSH_HOME']) {
+        vi.stubEnv(name, undefined)
+      }
       seedCmdAutoRunTarget(home)
+      const scriptPath = join(home, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', provider.script)
+      provider.seedStale?.(home, wrapWindowsHookCommand(scriptPath))
       expect(provider.install().state).toBe('installed')
 
-      const settings = readHooksJson(provider.configPath())
       // Why: assert nothing about the launcher's shape here — this test's whole value is
       // that it fails for any launcher that loses the payload, named conhost or not.
-      const registeredCommand = settings?.hooks?.PreToolUse[0]?.hooks?.[0]?.command
+      const commands = provider.commands(home)
+      expect(commands, 'exactly one managed registration').toHaveLength(1)
+      const registeredCommand = commands[0]
       if (!registeredCommand) {
-        throw new Error('Missing managed PreToolUse command')
+        throw new Error(`Missing managed ${provider.name} command`)
       }
       // ...with one exception: a cmd-safe profile must reach the script with no interpreter in
       // front of it, or #18875's per-event PowerShell start-up has quietly come back.
-      if (WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH.test(join(home, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', provider.script))) {
+      if (WINDOWS_CMD_SAFE_PATH.test(scriptPath)) {
         expect(registeredCommand).not.toMatch(/powershell|-EncodedCommand/i)
+      } else {
+        expect(registeredCommand).toMatch(/-EncodedCommand/)
       }
 
       const listener = await startHookListener()
@@ -185,41 +350,40 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform !== 'win32')('Windows managed hook payload deli
         ORCA_AGENT_HOOK_TOKEN: HOOK_TOKEN,
         ORCA_PANE_KEY: PANE_KEY
       })
+      const run = (runner: Runner, runEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) =>
+        runProcess({
+          program: runner.program(),
+          args: runner.args(registeredCommand),
+          windowsVerbatimArguments: runner.verbatim,
+          env: runEnv,
+          input: PAYLOAD,
+          timeoutMs: 15_000
+        })
 
-      const shells = [
-        { name: 'cmd.exe', executable: 'cmd.exe', args: ['/d', '/c', registeredCommand] },
-        { name: 'Git Bash', executable: findGitBash(), args: ['-c', registeredCommand] }
-      ]
-      for (const shell of shells) {
+      for (const runner of provider.runners ?? [CMD_PLAIN, GIT_BASH]) {
         const before = listener.posts.length
-        const result = await runHookCommand(shell.executable, shell.args, env)
-        expect(result.timedOut, `${shell.name} timed out`).toBe(false)
-        expect(result.exitCode, `${shell.name} exit code`).toBe(0)
+        const result = await run(runner, env)
+        expect(result.timedOut, `${runner.name} timed out`).toBe(false)
+        expect(result.code, `${runner.name} exit code; stderr: ${result.stderr}`).toBe(0)
 
         // Why: assert delivery before stdout so a launcher that swallows the payload fails
         // on the symptom users report, not on some downstream difference in what it printed.
-        const posts = listener.posts.slice(before)
-        expect(posts, `${shell.name} posted exactly one hook`).toHaveLength(1)
-        // Why: byte-exact, not "non-empty" — a pseudoconsole host delivers nothing, and a
+        // Byte-exact, not "non-empty" — a pseudoconsole host delivers nothing, and a
         // code-page-translating launcher delivers a corrupted body that still looks posted.
-        expect(posts[0].payload, `${shell.name} payload`).toBe(PAYLOAD)
-        expect(posts[0].paneKey, `${shell.name} paneKey`).toBe(PANE_KEY)
-        expect(posts[0].token, `${shell.name} token`).toBe(HOOK_TOKEN)
-
-        expect(result.stderr, `${shell.name} stderr`).toBe('')
+        expect(listener.posts.slice(before), `${runner.name} posts`).toEqual([
+          { payload: PAYLOAD, paneKey: PANE_KEY, token: HOOK_TOKEN }
+        ])
+        expect(result.stderr, `${runner.name} stderr`).toBe('')
         // Why: compat consumers gate the tool call on parseable stdout (#14818).
-        expect(result.stdout.trim(), `${shell.name} stdout`).toBe(provider.stdout)
+        expect(result.stdout.trim(), `${runner.name} stdout`).toBe(provider.stdout)
 
-        const outsideOrca = await runHookCommand(
-          shell.executable,
-          shell.args,
-          hookEnvironment({ USERPROFILE: home, HOME: home })
-        )
-        expect(outsideOrca.timedOut, `${shell.name} outside Orca timed out`).toBe(false)
-        expect(outsideOrca.exitCode, `${shell.name} outside Orca exit code`).toBe(0)
+        // Outside an Orca pane the hook exits without posting or waiting on stdin (#11549).
+        const outsideOrca = await run(runner, hookEnvironment({ USERPROFILE: home, HOME: home }))
+        expect(outsideOrca.timedOut, `${runner.name} outside Orca timed out`).toBe(false)
+        expect(outsideOrca.code, `${runner.name} outside Orca exit code`).toBe(0)
         expect(listener.posts).toHaveLength(before + 1)
       }
-      // Why: two shell launches plus a real install can overrun the default under load.
+      // Why: several shell launches plus a real install can overrun the default under load.
     },
     60_000
   )
diff --git a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.ts b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.ts
index c2a81d679cf..b2e419834eb 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-hooks/windows-powershell-hook-launcher.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ export function getWindowsPowerShellExecutablePath(): string {
  * AV host for a flicker. The answer is to shorten the interpreter chain — the
  * shipped doctrine of #15520 and #15595 — or a launcher that owns no console.
  *
- * #18875 took that answer for the Claude lifecycle hook, which now registers the
- * managed `.cmd` path directly (`windows-direct-cmd-hook-command.ts`) and reaches
- * this launcher only when the profile path is not cmd-safe. Every other caller still comes through here on every event.
+ * #18875 took that answer for the Claude lifecycle hook, and `wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand`
+ * extends it to other `.cmd` hooks: they reach this launcher only when the profile path is not cmd-safe.
  */
 export const WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_HOOK_SWITCHES = '-NoProfile'
 
diff --git a/src/main/command-code/hook-service.test.ts b/src/main/command-code/hook-service.test.ts
index 9765ef5b2f4..41402ae03af 100644
--- a/src/main/command-code/hook-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/command-code/hook-service.test.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ vi.mock('os', async () => {
 
 import { CommandCodeHookService } from './hook-service'
 
-const WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER =
-  /^[A-Za-z]:\/[^"]*\/System32\/WindowsPowerShell\/v1\.0\/powershell\.exe -NoProfile -EncodedCommand \S+$/
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 
 describe('CommandCodeHookService', () => {
   let homeDir: string
@@ -52,7 +51,11 @@ describe('CommandCodeHookService', () => {
     expect(config.hooks.PostToolUse[0].matcher).toBe('.*')
     expect(config.hooks.Stop[0].matcher).toBeUndefined()
     expect(config.hooks.PreToolUse[0].hooks[0].command).toMatch(
-      process.platform === 'win32' ? WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER : /command-code-hook/
+      process.platform === 'win32'
+        ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(
+            join(homeDir, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', 'command-code-hook.cmd')
+          )
+        : /command-code-hook/
     )
     if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
       expect(config.hooks.PreToolUse[0].hooks[0].command).toContain(join(homeDir, '.orca'))
@@ -62,30 +65,24 @@ describe('CommandCodeHookService', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  // Why: #6078 — a Windows user profile path with a space used to be written
-  // verbatim as the hook command, so the agent split it at the space. The
-  // managed command must use an encoded launcher so the path never appears raw
-  // on the cmd.exe command line.
-  it.skipIf(process.platform !== 'win32')(
-    'wraps the managed hook command to survive spaces in the profile path (#6078)',
-    () => {
-      const spaceHome = join(tmpdir(), 'orca command-code home with spaces')
-      mkdirSync(spaceHome, { recursive: true })
-      homedirMock.mockReturnValue(spaceHome)
-      try {
-        expect(new CommandCodeHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
-
-        const config = JSON.parse(
-          readFileSync(join(spaceHome, '.commandcode', 'settings.json'), 'utf8')
-        ) as { hooks: Record<string, { hooks: { command: string }[] }[]> }
-
-        const command = config.hooks.PreToolUse[0].hooks[0].command
-        expect(command).toMatch(WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER)
-      } finally {
-        rmSync(spaceHome, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  // Why: runs on every OS; windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts runs each form under Command Code's shell.
+  it('registers the Windows batch hook command for every event', () => {
+    const platform = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32')
+    try {
+      expect(new CommandCodeHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
+      const command = wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(
+        join(homeDir, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', 'command-code-hook.cmd')
+      )
+      const config = JSON.parse(
+        readFileSync(join(homeDir, '.commandcode', 'settings.json'), 'utf8')
+      )
+      for (const eventName of ['PreToolUse', 'PostToolUse', 'Stop']) {
+        expect(config.hooks[eventName][0].hooks[0].command).toBe(command)
       }
+    } finally {
+      platform.mockRestore()
     }
-  )
+  })
 
   it('installs a hook script that can recover the endpoint when Command Code strips token env', () => {
     new CommandCodeHookService().install()
diff --git a/src/main/command-code/hook-service.ts b/src/main/command-code/hook-service.ts
index 1e1ab9e56af..0ac48d2d9d6 100644
--- a/src/main/command-code/hook-service.ts
+++ b/src/main/command-code/hook-service.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import {
   readHooksJson,
   removeManagedCommands,
   wrapPosixHookCommand,
-  wrapWindowsHookCommand,
   writeHooksJson,
   writeManagedScript,
   type HookDefinition
 } from '../agent-hooks/installer-utils'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { refreshManagedScriptIfPresent } from '../agent-hooks/managed-hook-script-refresh'
 import {
   readHooksJsonRemote,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function getManagedScriptPath(): string {
 
 function getManagedCommand(scriptPath: string): string {
   return process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? wrapWindowsHookCommand(scriptPath)
+    ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath)
     : wrapPosixHookCommand(scriptPath)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/droid/hook-service.test.ts b/src/main/droid/hook-service.test.ts
index 7486a12b71b..5d399a8be80 100644
--- a/src/main/droid/hook-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/droid/hook-service.test.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ vi.mock('os', async () => {
 
 import { DroidHookService } from './hook-service'
 
-const WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER =
-  /^[A-Za-z]:\/[^"]*\/System32\/WindowsPowerShell\/v1\.0\/powershell\.exe -NoProfile -EncodedCommand \S+$/
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 
 describe('DroidHookService', () => {
   let homeDir: string
@@ -74,7 +73,9 @@ describe('DroidHookService', () => {
     expect(config.hooks.PermissionRequest[0].matcher).toBe('*')
     expect(config.hooks.UserPromptSubmit[0].matcher).toBeUndefined()
     expect(config.hooks.PreToolUse[0].hooks[0].command).toMatch(
-      process.platform === 'win32' ? WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER : /droid-hook/
+      process.platform === 'win32'
+        ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(join(homeDir, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', 'droid-hook.cmd'))
+        : /droid-hook/
     )
     if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
       expect(config.hooks.PreToolUse[0].hooks[0].command).toContain(join(homeDir, '.orca'))
@@ -82,32 +83,22 @@ describe('DroidHookService', () => {
     expect(config.hooks.PreToolUse[0].hooks[0].command).not.toContain(userDataDir)
   })
 
-  // Why: #6078 — a Windows user profile path with a space used to be written
-  // verbatim as the hook command, so the agent split it at the space. The
-  // managed command must use an encoded launcher so the path never appears raw
-  // on the cmd.exe command line.
-  it.skipIf(process.platform !== 'win32')(
-    'wraps the managed hook command to survive spaces in the profile path (#6078)',
-    () => {
-      const spaceHome = join(tmpdir(), 'orca droid home with spaces')
-      mkdirSync(spaceHome, { recursive: true })
-      homedirMock.mockReturnValue(spaceHome)
-      try {
-        expect(new DroidHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
-
-        const config = JSON.parse(
-          readFileSync(join(spaceHome, '.factory', 'settings.json'), 'utf8')
-        ) as { hooks: Record<string, { hooks: { command: string }[] }[]> }
-
-        for (const eventName of ['SessionStart', 'UserPromptSubmit', 'Stop']) {
-          const command = config.hooks[eventName]?.[0]?.hooks?.[0]?.command
-          expect(command).toMatch(WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER)
-        }
-      } finally {
-        rmSync(spaceHome, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  // Why: runs on every OS; windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts runs each form under Droid's shell.
+  it('registers the Windows batch hook command for every event', () => {
+    const platform = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32')
+    try {
+      expect(new DroidHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
+      const command = wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(
+        join(homeDir, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', 'droid-hook.cmd')
+      )
+      const config = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(homeDir, '.factory', 'settings.json'), 'utf8'))
+      for (const eventName of ['SessionStart', 'UserPromptSubmit', 'PreToolUse', 'Stop']) {
+        expect(config.hooks[eventName][0].hooks[0].command).toBe(command)
       }
+    } finally {
+      platform.mockRestore()
     }
-  )
+  })
 
   it('reports partial when Factory has hooks disabled globally', () => {
     const configPath = join(homeDir, '.factory', 'settings.json')
diff --git a/src/main/droid/hook-service.ts b/src/main/droid/hook-service.ts
index 3bdb715427f..a8b864046ca 100644
--- a/src/main/droid/hook-service.ts
+++ b/src/main/droid/hook-service.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ import {
   readHooksJson,
   removeManagedCommands,
   wrapPosixHookCommand,
-  wrapWindowsHookCommand,
   writeHooksJson,
   writeManagedScript,
   type HookDefinition,
   type HooksConfig
 } from '../agent-hooks/installer-utils'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { refreshManagedScriptIfPresent } from '../agent-hooks/managed-hook-script-refresh'
 import {
   readHooksJsonRemote,
@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@ function getManagedScriptPath(): string {
 }
 
 function getManagedCommand(scriptPath: string): string {
-  // Why: Factory invokes the .cmd via cmd.exe, but the raw path still splits at
-  // whitespace when the user profile contains a space (e.g. `C:\Users\Jane Doe`).
-  // The shared Windows wrapper keeps the path out of cmd.exe's raw command line. #6078.
+  // Why: Factory runs hooks via cmd.exe, which splits a bare path at a profile space (#6078).
   return process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? wrapWindowsHookCommand(scriptPath)
+    ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath)
     : wrapPosixHookCommand(scriptPath)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/dsh/hook-service.test.ts b/src/main/dsh/hook-service.test.ts
index 331ecd97888..91644106107 100644
--- a/src/main/dsh/hook-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/dsh/hook-service.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import {
 } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { DshHookService } from './hook-service'
 import { DSH_HOOK_EVENTS } from './hook-settings'
 
@@ -103,6 +104,22 @@ describe('DshHookService', () => {
     expect(restoreAt).toBeLessThan(guardAt)
   })
 
+  // Why: runs on every OS; windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts runs each form under DSH's shell.
+  it('registers the Windows batch hook command for every event', () => {
+    const platform = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32')
+    try {
+      expect(new DshHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
+      const command = wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath())
+      for (const event of DSH_HOOK_EVENTS) {
+        expect(readManagedHooks().hooks[event]).toEqual([
+          { hooks: [expect.objectContaining({ command })] }
+        ])
+      }
+    } finally {
+      platform.mockRestore()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('is idempotent', () => {
     const service = new DshHookService()
     service.install()
diff --git a/src/main/dsh/hook-settings.ts b/src/main/dsh/hook-settings.ts
index 8ccbb8a9283..5fcd486af6b 100644
--- a/src/main/dsh/hook-settings.ts
+++ b/src/main/dsh/hook-settings.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import {
   createManagedCommandMatcher,
   getSharedManagedScriptPath,
   wrapPosixHookCommand,
-  wrapWindowsHookCommand,
   type HookDefinition
 } from '../agent-hooks/installer-utils'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { readManagedHookEventsFromJson } from '../agent-hooks/managed-hooks-json-events'
 
 const DSH_SCRIPT_BASE = 'dsh-hook'
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ export function getDshRemoteManagedHooksPath(remoteHome: string): string {
 }
 
 export function getDshManagedCommand(scriptPath: string): string {
-  // Why: DSH runs hooks through `ctx.shell`, which the base profile binds to bash
-  // everywhere except Windows, where it binds to PowerShell — the same split these two
-  // wrappers already encode.
+  // Why: DSH runs hooks through `ctx.shell`: bash off Windows, PowerShell on it, which runs a bare .cmd too.
   return process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? wrapWindowsHookCommand(scriptPath)
+    ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath)
     : wrapPosixHookCommand(scriptPath)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/gemini/hook-service.test.ts b/src/main/gemini/hook-service.test.ts
index 551c40bb0b1..099403d35e2 100644
--- a/src/main/gemini/hook-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/gemini/hook-service.test.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ vi.mock('os', async (importOriginal) => {
 })
 
 import { GeminiHookService } from './hook-service'
-
-const WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER =
-  /^[A-Za-z]:\/[^"]*\/System32\/WindowsPowerShell\/v1\.0\/powershell\.exe -NoProfile -EncodedCommand \S+$/
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 
 describe('GeminiHookService', () => {
   let homeDir: string
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ describe('GeminiHookService', () => {
     expect(config.hooks.BeforeAgent[0].hooks[0].command).toBe('echo user-before-agent')
     const managedCommandPattern =
       process.platform === 'win32'
-        ? WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER
+        ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(managedHookPath)
         : new RegExp(managedHookPath.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&'))
     expect(config.hooks.BeforeAgent[1].hooks[0].command).toMatch(managedCommandPattern)
     expect(config.hooks.AfterAgent[0].hooks[0].command).toMatch(managedCommandPattern)
@@ -113,33 +111,22 @@ describe('GeminiHookService', () => {
     expect(config.hooks.BeforeTool[0].hooks[0].command).toMatch(managedCommandPattern)
   })
 
-  // Why: #6078 — a Windows user profile path with a space used to be written
-  // verbatim as the hook command, so the agent split it at the space. The
-  // managed command must use an encoded launcher so the path never appears raw
-  // on the cmd.exe command line.
-  it.skipIf(process.platform !== 'win32')(
-    'wraps the managed hook command to survive spaces in the profile path (#6078)',
-    () => {
-      const spaceHome = join(tmpdir(), 'orca gemini home with spaces')
-      mkdirSync(spaceHome, { recursive: true })
-      homedirMock.mockReturnValue(spaceHome)
-      try {
-        expect(new GeminiHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
-
-        const config = JSON.parse(
-          readFileSync(join(spaceHome, '.gemini', 'settings.json'), 'utf8')
-        ) as { hooks: Record<string, { hooks: { command: string }[] }[]> }
-
-        for (const eventName of ['BeforeAgent', 'AfterAgent', 'AfterTool']) {
-          const command = config.hooks[eventName]?.[0]?.hooks?.[0]?.command
-          expect(command).toMatch(WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER)
-        }
-      } finally {
-        rmSync(spaceHome, { recursive: true, force: true })
-        homedirMock.mockReturnValue(homeDir)
+  // Why: runs on every OS; windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts runs each form under Gemini's shell.
+  it('registers the Windows batch hook command for every event', () => {
+    const platform = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32')
+    try {
+      expect(new GeminiHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
+      const command = wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(
+        join(homeDir, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', 'gemini-hook.cmd')
+      )
+      const config = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(homeDir, '.gemini', 'settings.json'), 'utf8'))
+      for (const eventName of ['BeforeAgent', 'AfterAgent', 'AfterTool', 'BeforeTool']) {
+        expect(config.hooks[eventName].at(-1).hooks[0].command).toBe(command)
       }
+    } finally {
+      platform.mockRestore()
     }
-  )
+  })
 
   it('preserves user-authored PreToolUse hooks while sweeping stale managed Gemini hooks', () => {
     const managedHookFileName = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'gemini-hook.cmd' : 'gemini-hook.sh'
@@ -184,7 +171,7 @@ describe('GeminiHookService', () => {
     expect(preToolCommands).toEqual(['echo user-authored'])
     expect(config.hooks.BeforeTool[0].hooks[0].command).toMatch(
       process.platform === 'win32'
-        ? WINDOWS_POWERSHELL_LAUNCHER
+        ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(join(homeDir, '.orca', 'agent-hooks', managedHookFileName))
         : new RegExp(managedHookFileName.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&'))
     )
   })
diff --git a/src/main/gemini/hook-service.ts b/src/main/gemini/hook-service.ts
index 6fd529e96e4..df640661a66 100644
--- a/src/main/gemini/hook-service.ts
+++ b/src/main/gemini/hook-service.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import {
   readHooksJson,
   removeManagedCommands,
   wrapPosixHookCommand,
-  wrapWindowsHookCommand,
   writeHooksJson,
   writeManagedScript,
   type HookDefinition
 } from '../agent-hooks/installer-utils'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { refreshManagedScriptIfPresent } from '../agent-hooks/managed-hook-script-refresh'
 import {
   readHooksJsonRemote,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function getManagedScriptPath(): string {
 
 function getManagedCommand(scriptPath: string): string {
   return process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? wrapWindowsHookCommand(scriptPath)
+    ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath)
     : wrapPosixHookCommand(scriptPath)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kiro/hook-service.test.ts b/src/main/kiro/hook-service.test.ts
index abfe38dbacb..5af123a0e09 100644
--- a/src/main/kiro/hook-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/kiro/hook-service.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { createManagedHookLocalFilesystem } from '../agent-hooks/managed-hook-local-filesystem.test-fixture'
 import { isPlainObject } from '../agent-hooks/installer-utils'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { KiroHookService } from './hook-service'
 import { getKiroManagedCommandMatcher, KIRO_HOOK_EVENTS } from './hook-settings'
 
@@ -234,6 +235,25 @@ describe('KiroHookService', () => {
     expect(readAgent('kept').hooks).toBeDefined()
   })
 
+  // Why: runs on every OS; windows-hook-payload-delivery.test.ts runs each form under Kiro's shells.
+  it('registers the Windows batch hook command for every event', () => {
+    const platform = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32')
+    try {
+      writeAgent('mine', { name: 'mine' })
+      expect(new KiroHookService().install().state).toBe('installed')
+      const hooks = readAgent('mine').hooks
+      if (!isPlainObject(hooks)) {
+        throw new Error('Expected hooks object')
+      }
+      const command = wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath())
+      for (const event of KIRO_HOOK_EVENTS) {
+        expect(hooks[event]).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ command })])
+      }
+    } finally {
+      platform.mockRestore()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('ignores non-JSON files such as the shipped example config', () => {
     mkdirSync(agentsDir(), { recursive: true })
     writeFileSync(join(agentsDir(), 'agent_config.json.example'), '{}')
diff --git a/src/main/kiro/hook-settings.ts b/src/main/kiro/hook-settings.ts
index 97245f12e16..da2e8906bd9 100644
--- a/src/main/kiro/hook-settings.ts
+++ b/src/main/kiro/hook-settings.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import {
   MANAGED_HOOK_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS,
   removeManagedCommands,
   wrapPosixHookCommand,
-  wrapWindowsHookCommand,
   type HookDefinition
 } from '../agent-hooks/installer-utils'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 
 const KIRO_SCRIPT_BASE = 'kiro-hook'
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function getKiroManagedScriptPath(): string {
 export function getKiroManagedCommand(scriptPath: string): string {
   // Why: Kiro runs hook commands through PowerShell on Windows and sh elsewhere.
   return process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? wrapWindowsHookCommand(scriptPath)
+    ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath)
     : wrapPosixHookCommand(scriptPath)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/muse/hook-settings.test.ts b/src/main/muse/hook-settings.test.ts
index 157a5ba28d9..40066423462 100644
--- a/src/main/muse/hook-settings.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/muse/hook-settings.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-import { wrapWindowsHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-hook-command'
+import {
+  isSafeUnicodeWindowsBatchHookPath,
+  wrapWindowsHookCommand
+} from '../agent-hooks/windows-hook-command'
 import { wrapPosixHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/posix-hook-command'
 import { getMuseManagedCommand, getMuseRemoteManagedCommand } from './hook-settings'
 
@@ -22,7 +25,9 @@ describe('Muse hook commands', () => {
     '\\\\server\\share\\.orca\\agent-hooks\\muse-hook.cmd'
   ])('retains the established quoting fallback for %s', (path) => {
     vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32')
-    expect(getMuseManagedCommand(path)).toBe(wrapWindowsHookCommand(path))
+    // Guarded Unicode .cmd paths take the cheaper policy switch (#26382).
+    const policy = { useProcessPolicyEnvironment: isSafeUnicodeWindowsBatchHookPath(path) }
+    expect(getMuseManagedCommand(path)).toBe(wrapWindowsHookCommand(path, {}, policy))
   })
 
   it.each(['darwin', 'linux'] as const)('keeps local %s commands POSIX', (platform) => {
diff --git a/src/main/muse/hook-settings.ts b/src/main/muse/hook-settings.ts
index 98d208bd935..392b5f048ff 100644
--- a/src/main/muse/hook-settings.ts
+++ b/src/main/muse/hook-settings.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ import {
   createManagedCommandMatcher,
   getSharedManagedScriptPath,
   wrapPosixHookCommand,
-  wrapWindowsHookCommand,
   type HookDefinition
 } from '../agent-hooks/installer-utils'
 import { readManagedHookEventsFromJson } from '../agent-hooks/managed-hooks-json-events'
-import { wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
+import { wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand } from '../agent-hooks/windows-direct-cmd-hook-command'
 import { refreshManagedScriptIfPresent } from '../agent-hooks/managed-hook-script-refresh'
 import { parseMuseSettingsText } from './hook-config-json'
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ export function getMuseRemoteManagedHooksPath(remoteHome: string): string {
 
 export function getMuseManagedCommand(scriptPath: string): string {
   return process.platform === 'win32'
-    ? (wrapWindowsDirectCmdHookCommand(scriptPath) ?? wrapWindowsHookCommand(scriptPath))
+    ? wrapWindowsBatchHookCommand(scriptPath)
     : wrapPosixHookCommand(scriptPath)
 }