Cmd.exe is missing on Windows 7 64-bit

[Vesnog]

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?

 

[plodr]

Have you run sfc /scannow ?
If so, post the results - any error messages and numbers showing.

 

[Ztruker]

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:

C:\Users\rrkurtz>fsutil hardlink create /?
Usage : fsutil hardlink create <new filename> <existing filename>
Eg : fsutil hardlink create c:\foo.txt c:\bar.txt

fsutil hardlink create \Windows\System32\cmd.exe
\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-commandprompt_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.
17514_none_e932cc2c30fc13b0\cmd.exe

All the above is on one line.

 

[AddRAM]

Have you run sfc /scannow ?
If so, post the results - any error messages and numbers showing.

How could he run a sfc without command prompt ?

Try using windows power shell.

 

[UsernameIssues]

Have you run sfc /scannow ?
If so, post the results - any error messages and numbers showing.

How could he run a sfc without command prompt ?

Try using windows power shell.

And for some pretty pictures, see the link below:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/382599-my-windows-dont-have-cmd.html#post3156113

 

[plodr]

How could he run a sfc without command prompt ?

When I type it in the run box, I get an exe I can click on.

 

[Layback Bear]

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)?

 

[UsernameIssues]

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)?

Post #1 is by Vesnog
Post #6 is by plodr

 

[UsernameIssues]

How could he run a sfc without command prompt ?

When I type it in the run box, I get an exe I can click on.

The OP "cannot reach the command prompt via start menu, run dialogue, system32 folder and task manager."

 

[Layback Bear]

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.

 

[Ztruker]

You can open a Command Prompt from Windows Explorer by navigating to the hardlink target I posted above and running cmd.exe from there.

I just did this on my Win 7 Pro X64 from here:

C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-commandprompt_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_e932cc2c30fc13b0\cmd.exe

Then run

fsutil hardlink create \Windows\System32\cmd.exe
\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-commandprompt_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.
17514_none_e932cc2c30fc13b0\cmd.exe

from that Command Prompt to recreate the hardlink in system32.

 

[Ztruker]

Same problem fixed here via Powershell: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ws-dont-have-cmd-post3156113.html#post3156113