Why Command Prompt not opening up?

[rk120120]

i have a windows xp Os in my computer and command prompt opens up and vanishes immediately.. no virus in my computer, what could be the issue?

 

[Lexluethar]

malwarebytes scan come back clean?

Try running it from the actual file, its under C:\Windows\System32

 

[-RockMan-]

i have a windows xp Os in my computer and command prompt opens up and vanishes immediately.. no virus in my computer, what could be the issue?

Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and find cmd.exe double click it. Does the window open?

Or click start search for cmd.exe and try to open it and see if it opens up that way.

 

[rk120120]

thanks lexluethar for ur response.. no malwarebytes, my mcafee removed everything... i did complete format and reinstalled os recently... actual file not running.. any other suggestions?

thanks mike for ur help... but ur suggestion didn't work... any other clues?

 

[MindoverMaster]

McAfee does not remove everything that Malwarebytes does. It's good to run that as well as McAfee.

But as you said you did a reformat, I'd say maybe the HDD is corrupt. Try running a hdd diagnostic by seagate/wd just to make sure.

 

[Lexluethar]

It's XP so a repair is an option too. So do a repair, also as MOM said the hard drive may be corrupt, run a scan on that w/ a program that starts b4 windows (every manf has their own).

 

[KSoD]

Okay if you cant run CMD from the actual executable file in C:\Windows\system32\; then your system is corrupted and nothing we suggest will work. You will need to do a repair install of Windows as Lex said. Cause there is no way to use the System File Checker since that uses CMD itself. Do a repair install.

XP Repair install instructions