

Tip: MiniTool Power Data Recovery - Easy and professional data recovery software lets you recover any deleted/lost files from Windows computer, memory card, USB, external HDD, SSD, etc. Your computer is still protected by Windows’ own antivirus application Windows Defender if you remove all other antivirus software.Ĭheck if CMD not working/opening error has been fixed, if not, continue to try other ways.

To make Command Prompt work normally again, you can temporarily disable all third-party antivirus software of totally remove them. Sometimes antivirus software may interfere with other computer processes, and make Command Prompt not working in Windows 10 or cannot run CMD as administrator in Windows 10. The second move you should take is to temporarily disable any installed third-party antivirus software in your Windows 10 computer. If computer restart doesn’t help, continue to check other fixes below.

Then you can press Windows + R, type cmd, and press Enter (press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open elevated Command Prompt) to see if you can open Command Prompt now. You can click Start -> Power -> Restart to reboot your Windows 10 computer. Restarting computer can sometimes help fix many minor computer issues.

Today many advanced users still favor Command Prompt to troubleshoot Windows 10 computer problems and quickly conduct some administrative operations and tasks in Windows OS.
