Windows 10: Command Prompt acting up.

Command prompt is acting weird lately. It started ~2-3 weeks ago. Whats happening is that the console window that pops up is full black with no text. Bringing up the Properties or Defaults menu and changing the colors there doesn't help. What does help is the command "color 07" which makes it look normal and I can run commands which verifies that it is working, but the colors are screwed up. I also noticed that there is no command prompt/windows version text that pops up above the command entry line. It's just totally blank, even with the "color 07" hack. However, the Windows Terminal app from the Store does work fine. The desktop PowerShell app appears to have the same problem, but it was fine before until I typed either cmd or ps in powershell or cmd respectively a while ago.

Images: No color 07 hack

Powershell is a little less weird, please help still.

Cmd with color 07 "hack". Notice no version number?

Also, running "conhost" does not fix this. It just brings another C: prompt.

Edit: Yes, even after updating from 1903 to 1909

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command prompt will not open in safe mode with command prompt

Would I just follow the same steps within safe mode after hooking up to the other system?

 

Installation media boots to command prompt

I've just booted from known working install media to see exactly what it does when booting. The sequence of events is...

1. Windows logo on a black screen
2. circling dots appear beneath the logo
3. light blue 'Please wait' screen with circling dots
4. a command prompt window (very briefly)
5. the initial Setup page appears

Do you see steps 1-3? If so, it appears you have stopped at step 4, suggesting that something on the disc cannot be read.

Does the disc boot properly in another machine? If so, try cleaning the laptop's drive lens then try booting from the disc again.

If not, make new install media with Microsoft's Media Creation Tool, either as a bootable USB, on an ISO that you can burn to another disc. At Step 8 in Option One of this tutorial you can choose between making a USB or an ISO.

Download Windows 10 ISO File

 

command prompt will not open in safe mode with command prompt

I am repairing a laptop for a friend and I need to access windows in safe mode and the owner has forgotten the password to the main user. I tried logging on with the administrator profile in safe mode but it is not showing up so I was going to use command prompt in safe mode with command prompt but command prompt will not open when I boot that option. Does anyone have any hints for me to figure this out?