Shaidar Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 When I type "cmd" in the run box of my Windows Server 2003 SP1, I don't get the command prompt window, instead I get this screen: - I'm connecting via RDP and with the administrator account - security on the cmd.exe file in windows\system32 is correct (administrators have the necessary access) - Clicking on the "command prompt" shortcut in programs > assecoires does work - Typing command in the runbox does work, but it's not the same window (can't be closed with the X, and doesn't support long filenames... Is this behaviour by default? Is this since SP1? How can I fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 What does cmd.exe do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaska Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 What does cmd.exe do? 585788192[/snapback] Its supposed to bring up a dos prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaska Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Try command, or goto the start menu and look under accessories and see where the MS dos shortcut points to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post-It Note Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Its supposed to bring up a dos prompt. 585788203[/snapback] He meant typing it in with the .exe part. Is there another file with a name that starts with "cmd."? Like a bat file etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 Try command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REM2000 Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 i would do a search of the system "cmd.*" and as above see if there is a bat file or something which is being run instead of the exe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurting101 Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 There is probably an extensionless file named "cmd" in your Windows folder (or one of the PATHs before c:\windows\system32). Running "cmd.exe" as suggested should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted April 17, 2005 Share Posted April 17, 2005 :cry: hmmm thats not right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaidar Posted April 17, 2005 Author Share Posted April 17, 2005 Indeed, there were some files in my profile directory, one of which was 'cmd' ... (with no extention) solved! thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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