Why are there seven of the process called "conhost" running ?

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Why are there seven of the process called "conhost" running ?

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I've seen other questions like this one but every answer or solution they give to the user just won't work for me. My problem is that in "Task Manager" under the Tab "Processes" there is about seven of the process "conhost.exe" running and when I click "End Process" to all of them they just reappear in less then a minute. Another Process that is open is "taskhost.exe" and there are about four of them running. In this picture I took I would like to know why everything I put in a box is running. Also it says that notepad is open when it isn't. The last detail is that this is always open even when I restart my computer.

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The image is not very clear, and the Description list needs to be expanded to read the full text,

but what I can make out....

cmd.exe - would be Windows command prompt, which looks like you have opened twice (or perhaps the are

running in the background ?).

conhost.exe - Console Window host (which is what you will see with the Description expanded) has to do with Windows console (command prompt). This is a 'fix' for the Command Prompt that allows for cut and paste.

So two of these would have to do with the open cmd prompt.

If you R/click on each entry and select Open File Location it should take you to the file in System 32.

The reason items re-open after you end the task is the dependency/interaction of other processes.
If the machine is on a Network the other conhost.exe may reflect what is open on those machines.
Some Services may also be opening other instances of conhost.exe.
However, that's the short story. Apparently there are lots of other programs that use conhost.exe

and it's other companion, csrss, but to find them all would take some time and research.

Notepad - which I assume you have open.
Taskhost - Four Windows tasks running
Rebooting Windows may lower the number of 'open' conhost.exe, unless you have programs in Startup

loading in the background that use this process

(type - msconfig - into the Run Command - In System Configuration click on Startup).

You could also try running from Clean Boot and comparing what processes are still running while in that state -

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

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