Windows 10: Repeat brief command prompt popups about vdsldr.exe and not finding file.

Hello all.I recently encountered really annoying issue with Windows 11. I've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn game not related to the issue, but this is what I was doing when I encountered this recently, and the game goes on pause because I get regular, brief command prompt popups that disappear immediately, and I had to use OBS to be even able to see what the fuzz was about:"C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exeThe system cannot find the file specified.A subdirectory or file 11 already exists."By my understanding this is some sort of virtual disk service application, which puzzles me as I do not use

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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.

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Mysterious Command Prompt popups - please help


Since a couple of weeks now i have the command prompt popping up every hour or two. It's just a flicker, gone so fast that i cannot read what is causing the popup (the prompt seems empty btw).

I looked in Task Scheduler but there are no tasks shown that did run in the last 24h, albeit seeing the popup just 15 min ago.
SFC did not return any system errors.

I'm worried it could be malicious. Avira and Malwarebytes don't find anything. I have good internet security (noscript, adblock etc) so it's doubtful. But it's aggravating at the same time cause when i'm gaming it either switches focus away from the gaming window or completely interrupts the fullscreen mode. *Sad

Google search did not help. Maybe you guys can. At least with a suggestion how i can track/log such popups - that could be an efficient way to find the culprit. I don't have the free time to test variations of things for 2 days, especially since it does not occur regularly.

EDIT: It seemed unclear, but i have the newest version of Win10. The issue may have started a while after the big update in November.

CLARIFICATION UPDATE: It's this one -