It does, but not the way I’d prefer. It’s thrown off by things like “Destination host unreachable” responses.
Destination host unreachable, but the errorlevel is 0 (from a win7) [closed] links to Ping Errorlevel script.
Or if you trust my shaky Command Prompt skills, a one-liner demo similar to the original might be to do:
ping -n 1 hostname | find “Reply” > NUL || exit 1
I think the “Destination host unreachable” oddity is relevant to hosts on local network. Is that your case?
If so, maybe look-for-an-actual-Reply fix will help. If not, then I’m not sure exactly what the situation is…
I don’t think there’s normally a guarantee of the Windows drive letter the USB stick will receive, but see
Windows Drive Letters which describes the Local folder or drive options alternate-target-paths to handle the potentially changing drive letter, and alternate-destination-marker for your “certain file”.
It’s not an automatic start, has no friendly GUI, but is a start. Look for related forum topics for more info.
This is all limited by lack of new developers to add things… Volunteers are also encouraged in all areas.