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missing conhost.exe file

Anonymous
2023-07-06T22:21:01+00:00

Good day. I have a problem, recently my antivirus detected a virus called conhost.exe, I started to investigate and saw that it could be a virus.

To my surprise it was not a virus, but an essential system file and now cmd does not start, the solutions I have found are commands that are executed from cmd, and of course, I can't use cmd, besides it affects other programs that they depend on the cmd.

I have windows 11 installed and I need to fix it, I don't know if it is possible to download that file, or if the OS has to be reinstalled, I hope there is a simple solution.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-06T22:56:29+00:00

    Hi, Cristóbal. I'm sorry to hear you're having this problem, and I hope I can assist you to find a satisfactory solution.

    Go into safe mode and check if you can open CMD.

    If I can, I'll leave a procedure below to check the system files:

    To enter safe mode:

    Follow the step by step of "From a black or a blank screen " in the link below:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sta...

    Use System File Checker to fix possible corrupted or missing Windows files.

    Run the following commands from the command prompt (as an administrator) one at a time:

    dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

    dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

    dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup

    sfc /scannow

    chkdsk /R /F /X

    Reboot and check if the issue is resolved.

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