i have Total Commander open anyway and have a button on the button bar pointing to the yt-dlp.exe with the parameters below, the "?" makes it do a popup and I just insert the link at the end, it will create a new directory where you are located.
?--config-locations "locationofmy\yt-dlp.config" --output "%P%%(extractor_key)s/%%(uploader)s/%%(title)s-%%(id)s.%%(ext)s"
This, I also come from the dos era, i'm accustomed to the split window. This was the "main look" of my PC before windows.
Similarly I cannot understand people who use explorer or anything to manage files, tc makes it so easy.