cmd.exe execution problem

[Guest]

I am suddenly unable to access the command window on my
PC. I'm running Windows XP HE.

The error I receive is:
WIndows cannot access the specified device, path, or
file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to
access the item.

Cmd.exe exists in c:\windows\system32, I do not have this
problem at work running Windows XP Pro.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Please try the following:
Remove IE Restrictions & Restore Missing tabs. Download a fix from:
http://mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_reset_restrictions.reg

Also, download install and run Ad Aware, www.lavasoftusa.com.

 

[ms user]

If you have Kerio Personal Firewall 4.0.6, it could be blocking cmd.exe from
starting up - it has a sandbox mode that allows the user to create rules on
how app starts should be handled. Try disabling the firewall (or any other
sandboxing program, and then start cmd.exe)

 

[ms user]

I just hit this same problem. It so happens that I had installed the Kerio
Personal Firewall 4.0.6 a couple of days ago and it has "sandbox" features
where it warns the user when an app is being created, etc. and creates rules
based on this. I had somehow created a rule that disallowed the start of
cmd.exe - not sure how, but somehow it happened. And once I edited this
rule, I have no more issues starting up cmd.exe.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Thanks for the information. Actually, that could apply to most of the
firewalls I've seen so I'll add it to my response in the future.