Windows 10: Win+R to start cmd but emerge two windows: the windows terminal & the old cmd

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  1. NAUTILUS HAN
    Nautilus Han Win User

    Win+R to start cmd but emerge two windows: the windows terminal & the old cmd


    Hi,Lately I've been troubled by this question: When I press win+R to start cmd only to find there are two windows on my screen, one is the windows terminal but with only a border and transparent content ; the other is the old cmd window. I've inserted a screenshot of that for you to check. I try to search it on the Internet or ask AI, but in vein. I have set the windows terminal as the default terminal. And when I click the windows terminal icon on my start-up page, sometimesor most of the time nothing happened. It would only start running when I click it as an administrator.When I run a C++

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    Nautilus Han, Jun 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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  2. CAPTAIN1337
    Captain1337 Win User

    CMD-Terminal starts with "the system cannot find the path specified"

    Hi there

    I am kinda frustrated and can't solve this issue with my CMD-Terminal starting with the "the system cannot find the path specified" message. Even if I start it with admin-rights the problem remains the same. What are your suggestions? Here pictures from my issue (my OS is in German):


    Win+R to start cmd but emerge two windows: the windows terminal & the old cmd 215700d1543552698t-cmd-terminal-starts-system-cannot-find-path-specified-q1.png

    Win+R to start cmd but emerge two windows: the windows terminal & the old cmd 215701d1543552698t-cmd-terminal-starts-system-cannot-find-path-specified-q2.png

    Win+R to start cmd but emerge two windows: the windows terminal & the old cmd 215702d1543552698t-cmd-terminal-starts-system-cannot-find-path-specified-q3.png

    Win+R to start cmd but emerge two windows: the windows terminal & the old cmd 215703d1543552698t-cmd-terminal-starts-system-cannot-find-path-specified-q4.png



    Best Regards
     
    Captain1337, Jun 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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  3. WHITECOLOR
    WHITECOLOR Win User
    Running cmd (in Win+R) opens black terminal console

    Windows 10 [Version 10.0.18362.207].

    A strange thing happened after I changed settings for the terminal (played with fonts and legacy mode) and return back to original (actually default).

    Now when I run cmd (in Win+R) it opens black terminal console (without command prompt).

    If I switch to the legacy mode it opens ok, with command prompt, though I don't want to work with legacy mode terminal.

    If I open a terminal using icons and start menu, it opens ok.

    I wonder if someone has met such a problem, what can be advice to fix it?
     
    WHITECOLOR, Jun 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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  4. RANDALLBROCK
    RandallBrock Win User

    Win+R to start cmd but emerge two windows: the windows terminal & the old cmd

    Windows and CMD- renaming a file in CMD

    Steps I've done

    Here what happens


    • turn on PC

    • start windows

    • get blue screen ( message NTFS file)

    • it reboots returns to diagnosing PC

    • Diagnose and repair fails

    • I move to advance options

    • will not reset windows , I click on CMD

    things I've tried
    commands:

    reagentc /disable

    reagentc /enable

    *************************FAILED
    not recognized
    **********************************

    Please advise


     
    RandallBrock, Jun 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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