CMD is opening, showing a series of errors and closing immediately. #3708

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opened 2026-01-30 23:28:02 +00:00 by claunia · 3 comments
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Originally created by @techiexplorer on GitHub (Sep 2, 2019).

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Windows build number: [18970.1005] (but this problem is there from the last 3 builds
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Steps to reproduce

Just open the cmd in windows terminal.

Expected behavior

Expected to open normally as usual.

Actual behavior

Getting the following series of statements as arguments for the cmd.exe and closing immediately.

  1. mode 20.5
  2. tasklist /F1 "IMAGENAME eq SoundMixer.exe"
  3. find /I /N "SoundMixer.exe"
  4. start /MIN "" "C:\Users\farhan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft
  5. tasklist /FI "IMAGE NAME eq explorer.exe"
  6. find /I /N "explorer.exe"
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2019):

This sounds like some sort of terrible OEM script doing something on startup. Please check the Startup tab in Task Manager to see if there's anything unexpected in it.

We don't have control over what the startup scripts on your computer do; sorry!

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2019): This sounds like some sort of terrible OEM script doing something on startup. Please check the _Startup_ tab in Task Manager to see if there's anything unexpected in it. We don't have control over what the startup scripts on your computer do; sorry!
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2019):

By the way, there's a legitimate non-zero chance that you've got some malware. That post describes the exact same behavior.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2019): By the way, there's a legitimate non-zero chance that you've got [some malware](https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/8x1apa/i_cant_use_cmd/). That post describes the exact same behavior.
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@techiexplorer commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2019):

I don't think so. This started to happen exactly after I upgraded to a new Insider build. Not a malware for sure! And there are no startup programs. Not even 1. Powershell and bash are working super fine. But cmd went mad in some way. I remember SoundMixer being some module used when Cortana tries to listen to us. Pretty sure it has something to do with Cortana's new beta build.

@techiexplorer commented on GitHub (Sep 5, 2019): I don't think so. This started to happen exactly after I upgraded to a new Insider build. Not a malware for sure! And there are no startup programs. Not even 1. Powershell and bash are working super fine. But cmd went mad in some way. I remember SoundMixer being some module used when Cortana tries to listen to us. Pretty sure it has something to do with Cortana's new beta build.
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Reference: starred/terminal#3708