Windows 10: Command Prompt won't open

Hi, whenever I try to open the Command Prompt in Win10 (cmd.exe) I get the following pop up: cmd.exe - Application Error
The Application was unable to staart correctly (0XCoooo142). Click OK to close the application.

I should add this was an upgrade to Win10

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance..

:)

 

Exe files won't open neither will Command Prompt

Yes I have the disc. x

 

Exe files won't open neither will Command Prompt

Thanks for the reply. I don't seem to be able to open it that way either. It just comes up with the 'How do you wish to open this file?' popup. x

 

If you can open an elevated powershell window (i.e. right click and run as Administrator), run the command sfc /scannow.

 

I'm sorry, but I don't even know what an open powershell window is

 

correction "elevated" powershell window

 

Hello xexsell, *Smile

Here you go.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

It's for OPTION THREE below.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...a.html#option3

 

I tried to open powershell from the "Search the web and windows and got the same error. It won't open either

 

I've tried all the methods available and I get the same error message for both the command prompt and the Windows powershell.

 

In that case, see if you may be able to run SFC at boot using OPTION ONE instead. *Smile

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html

 

Hi
I had the same problem. I fixed it by enabling the admin account and applying a password, then, removing my main accounts type from the administrators type and making it a regular account.

I then rebooted, logged into the admin account and tested the CMD function. It works. Log out and log into my regular account.
I then selected run as administrator and it requests the admin username and password and voila, it works. CMD can now be run.

 

Welcome to TenForums @JollyJamma

That would suggest that the profile for your main account had been corrupted in some way to cause this problem. It's not recommended practice to leave the built-in Administrator enabled (or to give it a password, that could make emergency repairs impossible should you loose it).

Now you have the Administrator available, I would use it to create another normal user account and make that an admin. You could then remove the password and disable Administrator. Now you can use the name/password of this new admin account in the UAC prompt.

A more thorough but time-consuming fix would be to change over to use this new admin account as your main account. A new account is unlikely to have any problems running the command prompt. This would of course mean migrating the documents, user files and settings across to it, so you may prefer to stick with the old main account and just use the new one for the authority to 'run as administrator', as you have been doing with the Administrator up until now.

I always create a second local admin account anyway and just use it for maintenance, it means you won't have to enable the built-in Administrator should problems recur.

 

Hi @Bree
Thank you

It is a corrupt profile. I created a new profile and it works fine. Need to move everything to the new profile now, thanks for the advice.

 

Yes, that does happen once in a while, though I've not seen the 'can't open command prompt' symptom reported before. It's the only sure way though, I've not seen anyone yet report successfully repairing a corrupt profile.

It's a non-trivial task to configure a new account to your liking, so don't delete the old one until you are happy you've recreated everything you want (in particular, browser bookmarks).