<p>Windows doesn't require the <code>.exe</code> suffix to successfully run the program.</p>

<p>Maybe it's interesting in case there is more than one possibility (like same basename with both <code>bat</code> and <code>.exe</code> extensions?), I have no idea what happens there.<br>
But well, if there's a reason to do so, why not.</p>

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