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Command prompt is randomly opening and closing

Jonatron5

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Dec 16, 2013
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So I've been reading many similar occurrences, command prompt opens and closes before I can read it , and it could be anything from malware to some random program updating, and it irks me.

My current strategy is to use a screen recorder, and hope I catch it, but this isn't optimal as its eating my hardrive space and constantly running, not to mention I have to go back and watch the videos, when I'm away.

Is their someway to see a history, or a log of everything command prompt had run?
 
Solution


Read this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3426393/fix-hourly-cmd-window-pop-appearing.html


Read this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3426393/fix-hourly-cmd-window-pop-appearing.html
 
Solution


thank you sir, i just got a snapshot of the thing

https://gyazo.com/a333c289ccf3e2f881a569e1de42824f