Process Detail


What is cmd.exe ?

Cmd.exe is the Windows Command Prompt. It is the Windows equivalent of COMMAND.COM in DOS.

Our systems analysis:
cmd.exe is known as Microsoft® Windows® Operating System, it also has the following name Microsoft? Windows? Operating System or Microsoft® Windows® operációs rendszer or Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® or Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® or Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® or Operaèní systém Microsoft® Windows® or Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® or Microsoft® Windows® Ýþletim Sistemi or System operacyjny Microsoft® Windows® or Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® or Ëåéôïõñãéêü óýóôçìá Microsoft® Windows® or Besturingssysteem Microsoft® Windows® and it is developed by Microsoft Corporation , it is also developed by Êîðïîðàöèÿ Ìàéêðîñîôò. We have seen about 100 different instances of cmd.exe in different location.
cmd.exe

Something wrong with cmd.exe ?

- Cmd.exe uses 100% CPU time
This can be caused by any command line application that may be using 100% of the CPU. This problem is likely not actually related to cmd.exe itself.
- The Command Prompt crashes
This is typically caused by a faulty command line application. Try troubleshooting the application that causes cmd.exe to crash.
- "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application."
This could be caused by insufficient heap space. Ensure that no other processes are out of control with respect to multiplicity (how many there are) and memory usage.

How to remove cmd.exe

This is a system executable but it does not need to be running and can safely be killed. By killing this process, a command prompt window will be closed and any unsaved data will be lost. Even if you do not use the command prompt, however, do not delete cmd.exe, as your system will encounter problems.

What can you do to fix cmd.exe ?

Let try to run a system scan with Speed Up My PC to see any error, then you can do some other troubleshooting steps.
If you think this is a driver issue, please try DriverDouble.com

Where do we see cmd.exe ?

Here is the list of instances that we see for the process: cmd.exe

  Path Product Name Vendor Version Size MD5
1 C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 30156 8AE6DD9A6D246004DA047F704F0CC487
2 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39065 4A9D5D1AB2E1ECD12AEF6BB7671DB00F
3 C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514 30259 AD7B9C14083B52BC532FBA5948342B98
4 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 38860 EEB024F2C81F0D55936FB825D21A91D6
5 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
6 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514 30259 AD7B9C14083B52BC532FBA5948342B98
7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® operációs rendszer Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39526 F3D369B1CC7535F402D9CCB6626738A8
8 C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.2.3790.3959 39628 163B61C60C756F001038D346B43E76D7
9 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 40089 F44BB9A608C0577776022E2E9132325D
10 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 40089 DC1742629C03A1AD3F1E4165742958F6
11 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40345 21FDB59548C889E78236F8F78CE49B8B
12 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.2.3790.3959 38912 49A5F0A9A539780BA5A1A202416915A0
13 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 30156 8AE6DD9A6D246004DA047F704F0CC487
14 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Operaèní systém Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39014 58A4129B7AB2CF2E7F00256F7EDAEAC2
15 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40140 85D5DCF81AE47B68D5DC91255B9AD16F
16 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40089 D43FF24E3526BC8EC29349D9AE7943EA
17 C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 32000 349CD4318E6E351C9BB72EE13B7CA807
18 J:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40089 D43FF24E3526BC8EC29349D9AE7943EA
19 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® Êîðïîðàöèÿ Ìàéêðîñîôò 5.1.2600.5512 39628 9DE4979F47162326C21940B2346BD7EC
20 G:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514 30259 AD7B9C14083B52BC532FBA5948342B98
21 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
22 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® Êîðïîðàöèÿ Ìàéêðîñîôò 5.1.2600.5512 39628 9DE4979F47162326C21940B2346BD7EC
23 C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 31897 74F26FC01B180D4A99A168ED69C30A53
24 E:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 30156 8AE6DD9A6D246004DA047F704F0CC487
25 C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 30156 3699C225DECC01992A852BB2706CBCAE
26 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 38860 8438A7CA9138218ABA78DD5882526486
27 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Ýþletim Sistemi Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38809 5C0E5F5B97D9932A346BBB0525286E2D
28 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe System operacyjny Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 39577 8F346D8CD55B50710E87D0C2D5B7FE2B
29 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 40038 181C4ADC12DE4318114D957D86F8232D
30 C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17514 33024 17B1605ED8A78EF2D81D5DE6B96948B1
31 D:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 31897 74F26FC01B180D4A99A168ED69C30A53
32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.2.3790.0 38297 F9A0EEF6E9B67D91284032DF81A68C1C
33 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3264 38912 E6B2B7EF85C7C8EBB5E002BF7FD1E33A
34 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 52684 B1A6EC49D50EED12BD598E66A9641CC9
35 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® Êîðïîðàöèÿ Ìàéêðîñîôò 5.1.2600.5512 39526 54A925750A2A1E05C0532C39B8A129E1
36 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.2.3790.1830 38809 3C77C39347A6FA560A74587B0498FE84
37 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 38860 EEB024F2C81F0D55936FB825D21A91D6
38 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39065 EFD6275479F21E187BC5DFC4E18FE2C9
39 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40243 9C5FB647CC68057553BC5980BAD927BB
40 E:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40140 85D5DCF81AE47B68D5DC91255B9AD16F
41 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38809 81EFF7130550D0AB13385CF984099FD7
42 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Ýþletim Sistemi Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 43929 14142E6BF3924A4B065A0455ED0C154F
43 E:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.2.3790.1830 38809 3C77C39347A6FA560A74587B0498FE84
44 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3311 38912 4E3C58B30D49DE501485E444797F4816
45 F:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 38860 EEB024F2C81F0D55936FB825D21A91D6
46 C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
47 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3300 38912 ABB7C3E88417B6E188CB2DF04D520558
48 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 40140 283433A9DD6C0877DBE0E55A6908EA80
49 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39833 3DC378A839058A689FD55D34FD58675B
50 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe System operacyjny Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39628 665371E0E53858A160B813B72F1E1B0B
51 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 41523 75132CCE06FB4E8728BA0C81E509A985
52 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40140 85D5DCF81AE47B68D5DC91255B9AD16F
53 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® Êîðïîðàöèÿ Ìàéêðîñîôò 5.1.2600.2180 39577 53AEEAF4E7F12B8E91B3A474CAFB4115
54 E:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
55 G:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 38860 EEB024F2C81F0D55936FB825D21A91D6
56 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 41574 2DF6F79ADF3327352147DEB4F75207D0
57 C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe System operacyjny Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.0 38297 506FBFC960B3064A574EA04953655572
58 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Ëåéôïõñãéêü óýóôçìá Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 41267 FF6F077E72A900F53F347AC54D371305
59 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 39014 831F1A246FF70C9B747F0CF4BCF2C3D1
60 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40192 9B890F756D087991322464912FE68E75
61 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Besturingssysteem Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39987 9F53ED10AB0E7E375408D34E849ACFD4
62 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3300 40345 86E7A1835E3726657B4FD00A4FE7B2BA
63 F:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40089 D43FF24E3526BC8EC29349D9AE7943EA
64 C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7201.0 30156 73DE148981893CE156B111397BD56841
65 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 69A949F88C37DDD5FD150D661E5989E2
66 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40243 3B40A4EE9E1E3A141AD098470CB2906F
67 C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40089 D43FF24E3526BC8EC29349D9AE7943EA
68 C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 1.0.7600.16385 13312 623B1D6CD552EA6C1919F946D80280F7
69 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 41625 35FDE18A731C47F745499DA634CAB2CA
70 C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7100.0 30156 6BB04E736F6E842C97A9B177F7C41E1B
71 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 31897 74F26FC01B180D4A99A168ED69C30A53
72 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Ýþletim Sistemi Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 38758 80A29BABB9343EC3D72696EAB4F05380
73 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 39782 94744851B6A9BDCEFCD26CC61A6AFD12
74 C:\WINDOWS.1\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operacional Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40089 D43FF24E3526BC8EC29349D9AE7943EA
75 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe System operacyjny Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.2.3790.3959 39628 85EE3846E2591B17E136CEBBA2C1937D
76 C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 32921 473E7FBD01B280FA27E7F8272CFF7492
77 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2096 38758 CF3B21E73562A897C785A587B92A3B9A
78 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 45824 2457AE7197A188FC91D841DAEB7A412A
79 H:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 30156 8AE6DD9A6D246004DA047F704F0CC487
80 E:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 47104 4EED5D220C90CDC0C6B99B7640E510EC
81 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3282 38912 70BA8A1B8070F096A3DC03E928520FD2
82 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 41574 D561214A17C426395224E74A1B33839D
83 F:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
84 E:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 38860 EEB024F2C81F0D55936FB825D21A91D6
85 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3244 41062 213FF5BA38C6DA96F948C0B82C2CD22F
86 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39936 A2C7BF0F4E91A53EF4E21A03A510B5FE
87 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40345 21FDB59548C889E78236F8F78CE49B8B
88 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Sistema operativo Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 40294 175530916470EDBE41700F926EED4BB7
89 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 42700 ADD8DCFEC6EBC62F231C49582A15BDC9
90 C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 40294 5C463B4E69BB762F4E6E7B55581A7DB1
91 C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
92 D:\WINDOWS.0\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
93 C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Îïåðàöèîííàÿ ñèñòåìà Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7601.17105 30208 36E2AD69C93BDBCBD9D64C27C1DE09BC
94 C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\cmd.exe Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 47104 2704C4A392B7BA2FC723129348C53B53
95 C:\WINXP\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 38912 6D778E0F95447E6546553EEEA709D03C
96 D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft? Windows? Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39065 EFD6275479F21E187BC5DFC4E18FE2C9
97 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3237 38912 929F731FBFF48077B7C346F6A0E3CCFD
98 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.2180 41625 FE972256A5BE81B50564722D91FE56CC
99 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® operációs rendszer Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.5512 39321 1F3AB749140C35172A6710976C596FC2
100 C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 5.1.2600.3237 38041 4DF1531FD406AC6206C31AAFF6E69BAC
             

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