CMD.exe closes immediately after calling (Win7 64)

Question

Has anyone found such behavior when Command Processor (cmd.exe) closes immediately after calling it? I’ve run McAfee AV and Windows System File Check (sfc.exe) and nothing wron

Answer 1

I've had similar problem - cmd.exe was closing immediately after starting. I was able to keep it running by executing cmd.exe /K cmd.exe, but it was closing after any invalid command. I've found out that my problem was caused by non default code page:

C:\>chcp
Active code page: 65001

To fix the problem I've removed registry entry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe]
"CodePage"=dword:0000fde9

Another solution is to change cmd.exe font from raster fonts to a true type one.