How To Run Command Prompt In Windows 8

Right click on the far left Windows icon in the Taskbar > select Command Prompt (Admin).

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Hullo Bill,

First of thanks for replying.

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What happens is thst when I follow your instructions. In a few seconds information technology shows user acces controll asking for whst to practice.

So I volition allow the activity to be executed then in a flash it closes the cmdm prompt amd thats information technology.

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This is what is recommended for corrupted file, but you say you can non run command.

Refresh would be the starting time place you can start.

Each Method/step below progresses to the next if the starting time does not fix any corrupted files that are constitute, etc.

Accept you read this Microsoft information nearly repairing corrupt system files and errors?

"Employ the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files"

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

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And these eightforums.com Tutorials are very detailed for problems resulting from SFC Scan:

" How to Run "SFC /SCANNOW" Command at Boot or in Windows 8 and 8.ane"

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3047-sfc-scannow-command-run-windows-viii-a.html

Read this Department there in conjunction with the remainder of the information they give in above link.

Note

If SFC could not fix something, then run the command again to see if it may be able to the side by side time. Sometimes it may take running the sfc /scannow control 3 times restarting the PC after each time to completely prepare everything that it'southward able to.

If not, then run the Dism /Online /Cleanup-Paradigm /RestoreHealth control to repair any component store corruption,

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -ScanHealth

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

Restart the PC later on, and attempt the sfc /scannow command again.

If still not, and then try using Selection ONE in a higher place to run the sfc /scannow command at boot

If still not, and then y'all could exercise a refresh of Windows eight, or run a Organization Restore using a restore point dated before the bad file occured to set it. You may need to repeat doing a System Restore until you find a older restore point that may piece of work.

If still not, then you can use the steps in the TIP box in the OPTION THREE section to manually replace the files that SFC could not set.

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" How to Refresh Windows 8 and Windows 8.1"

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2293-refresh-windows-eight-a.html

Refreshing your PC goes like this:

The PC boots into Windows RE ( R ecovery Due east nvironment).
Windows RE scans the hard drive for your data, settings, and apps, and puts them aside (on the aforementioned bulldoze).
Windows RE installs a fresh copy of Windows.
Windows RE restores the information, settings, and apps information technology has set aside into the newly installed copy of Windows.
The PC restarts into the newly installed copy of Windows.

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" How to Reset Windows 8 and Windows 8.1"

http://world wide web.eightforums.com/tutorials/2302-reset-windows-8-a.html

"When you reset your PC, the drive will be completely reset, and all your apps and files will be removed from it. Windows 8 will be reinstalled, and you'll demand to change any settings and reinstall any apps that you desire to become dorsum after resetting. If you know if any files that yous don't desire to lose, so y'all should back those files up earlier starting the reset"

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Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/can-not-open-command-prompt-cmd-on-my-windows-81/c0c36561-d569-4dcf-8f2d-0a063befb2c4

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