so my command prompt is gone

[xreaperx22]

not sure how it happened or why but i have no way to get into the command prompt anymore so i use powershell for everything now,not that its a big deal but just strange for sure,i have ran every virus scan possible and nothing,checked hidden settings to see if it was turned off and nothing,when i hit command prompt it comes up for a split  second than vanishes in another micro second so idk whats going on there.

[Skiiwee29]

6 minutes ago, xreaperx22 said:

not sure how it happened or why but i have no way to get into the command prompt anymore so i use powershell for everything now,not that its a big deal but just strange for sure,i have ran every virus scan possible and nothing,checked hidden settings to see if it was turned off and nothing,when i hit command prompt it comes up for a split  second than vanishes in another micro second so idk whats going on there.

Give this a try: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3559433/command-prompt-open.html

[xreaperx22]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

Give this a try: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3559433/command-prompt-open.html

cool thanks ill give that a go and see what happens.

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, xreaperx22 said:

cool thanks ill give that a go and see what happens.

if that doesnt work, try running this in the powershell, it should work in there:

 

sfc /scannow

[xreaperx22]

4 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

if that doesnt work, try running this in the powershell, it should work in there:

 

sfc /scannow 

did that and said nothing was wrong lol

[Skiiwee29]

Just now, xreaperx22 said:

did that and said nothing was wrong lol

mmmk

[xreaperx22]

Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

mmmk

but i dont think its something broken,well at least nothing else seems strange,and i think i like powershell better anyways but i was worried i had some strange virus but i can truly rule that out as 5 different programs confirmed clean machine so idk...

[homeap5]

What Windows display when you press win+r and type "cmd"?

[xreaperx22]

6 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

What Windows display when you press win+r and type "cmd"?

windows cant find command lol no wait i typed command instead of cmd no when i put cmd it pops up for a micro second and disappears

 

[homeap5]

3 hours ago, xreaperx22 said:

windows cant find command lol no wait i typed command instead of cmd no when i put cmd it pops up for a micro second and disappears

 

Do you have file "cmd.exe" in c:\windows\system32 directory? What is size of that file?

 

[xreaperx22]

11 hours ago, homeap5 said:

Do you have file "cmd.exe" in c:\windows\system32 directory? What is size of that file?

 

yes its 268kb

[homeap5]

Check in regedit: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor

You may have "autorun" key inside. If you have that key - delete it.

There should be only 4 keys inside "Command Processor" - CompletionChar, DefaultColor, EnableExtensions and PathCompletionChar.

 

Use AdwCleaner too.

 

Also - I made mini screenshot for few files:

Check if yours are the same size.

[xreaperx22]

20 hours ago, homeap5 said:

Check in regedit: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor

You may have "autorun" key inside. If you have that key - delete it.

There should be only 4 keys inside "Command Processor" - CompletionChar, DefaultColor, EnableExtensions and PathCompletionChar.

 

Use AdwCleaner too.

 

Also - I made mini screenshot for few files:

Check if yours are the same size.

sweet monkeys!! thats what the problem was,thanks man been having migraines about this!! the autorun thing was in there deleted that all fixed.

[homeap5]

40 minutes ago, xreaperx22 said:

sweet monkeys!! thats what the problem was,thanks man been having migraines about this!! the autorun thing was in there deleted that all fixed.

Yep, but that may be malware/virus related, so run that AdwCleaner too.

[andydsm]

On 1/27/2019 at 5:40 PM, homeap5 said:

Check in regedit: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor

You may have "autorun" key inside. If you have that key - delete it.

There should be only 4 keys inside "Command Processor" - CompletionChar, DefaultColor, EnableExtensions and PathCompletionChar.

 

Use AdwCleaner too.

 

Also - I made mini screenshot for few files:

Check if yours are the same size.

 

Thanks a billion homeap5!! 

 

I discovered about a week ago my command prompt is flashing and not starting, your suggestion is the remedy for my issue as well!

No helpful info when googling at all, thank God for the awesome community in this forum

 

Just FYI I have Bitdefender installed and I haven't thought that some malware could go through.

[homeap5]

You have BitDefender. Probably over 99% of people have some AV software. And people who made viruses still working. They have access to AV software too, it's not secret. AV is mostly for giving you good feeling.