Greetings,
On my Windows 7 64-bit PC the cmd.exe file is missing under the /system32 folder probably due to a infection. I cannot reach the command prompt via start menu, run dialogue, system32 folder and task manager. How can I restore it? Could someone post the cmd.exe file on their system if possible?
Have you run sfc /scannow ?
If so, post the results - any error messages and numbers showing.
C:\Windows\system32 is a hard link.
On my Windows 7 Pro X64 system, it's:
C:\Windows\System32>fsutil hardlink list "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"
\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-commandprompt_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.
17514_none_e932cc2c30fc13b0\cmd.exe
\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
If you have a cmd.exe in the same \Windows\winsxs path then try this:
Open a Elevated Command Prompt and use fsutil to re-create the hardlink:
fsutil hardlink create \Windows\System32\cmd.exeC:\Users\rrkurtz>fsutil hardlink create /?
Usage : fsutil hardlink create <new filename> <existing filename>
Eg : fsutil hardlink create c:\foo.txt c:\bar.txt
\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-commandprompt_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.
17514_none_e932cc2c30fc13b0\cmd.exe
All the above is on one line.
And for some pretty pictures, see the link below:
My Windows dont have CMD
Last edited by UsernameIssues; 03 Oct 2015 at 19:34.
When I type it in the run box, I get an exe I can click on.How could he run a sfc without command prompt ?
Your post #1 and post #6 seem to contradict each other.
When typing in the Search off of the Start Orb (cmd), do you or do you not get (cmd.exe)?
What I'm trying to find out is, can the OP forget the run box and just type in (cmd) in the Search programs and files off of the Start Orb.
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