mjall Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 I am on version 1809 build 17763.194; to be honest I don't use cmd a lot unless I need to check things manually, out of random I tried it last month some time and noticed this, I am not sure if its due to a windows upgrade or due to some malware from some software unfortunately but im curious to find a cure before re-installing windows as its funny that even after a recent windows update it did not resolve the issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukun Cabul Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 If I were you I'll do a clean install ……. since upgrade always cause some issues for me Before that, but this one is not a solution.... it's just for testing only: Create another user account and let see if you can open CMD from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, Dukun Cabul said: If I were you I'll do a clean install ……. since upgrade always cause some issues for me Before that, but this one is not a solution.... it's just for testing only: Create another user account and let see if you can open CMD from there not a bad idea, I will try that, also I deleted those yellow items which autorun identified and my windows stopped loading except funnily a cmd prompt window where I can type in it but im blocked from running tasks such as chkdsk or others since its not run as an admin; I had to use the restore point in windows using the windows dvd while booting to restore to an old state, this is very funny yet interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 can you guys confirm if the below are normal entries in the registry? I am trying to relate the two lines in yellow to the ones already there because this is the culprit, if u delete the yellow entries then windows won't load except a cmd prompt screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Yellow entries are references in your registry usually to files that no longer exist on the system. Under the Image path column it will probably say 'File not found'. This can happen when you uninstall a program (usually a third party program) and the uninstall routine is sloppy enough to not clean up the registry when the uninstall routine is run. Pink entries are also almost always from third party programs that you have installed and if you look under the Publisher column, it will say [Not Verified] and tell you the name of the third party company that authored the program - probably something you installed yourself. Pink and 'Not Verified' does not necessarily mean the fils(s) are malicious - it just means that Autoruns can't understand the software signature on the file(s), or the authors may not have a software signature at all (more sloppiness). Those will usually be third party executable or third party DLLs. Look at the publisher column. I would not worry about the pink ones, the yellow one you could delete if they say 'File not found' and that will remove it from your registry, but you have to be careful and make sure you backup your registry, make a System Restore point and all that stuff in case something goes wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZeb Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Its a Miner infection... Follow the steps posted by KarthickBalaji16 on this topic https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/soundmixerexe-error-on-startup/85e30193-a5d3-4ceb-86c3-7d35acdb4d7e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dukun Cabul Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 16 hours ago, mjall said: my windows stopped loading except funnily a cmd prompt window Exactly the same symptom Spoiler Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 7 hours ago, Dukun Cabul said: Exactly the same symptom Hide contents Source oh wow, im glad im not the only one - I never tried deleting the folder, I guess will try that to see if I get a different response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 seems I don't have the folder soundmixer as suggested, I guess maybe sometime before windows defender did half it's job and I have less the issues this guy has, my system runs perfectly besides not being able to run cmd or maybe other things which I never tried or never use in windows - I guess the only answer is re-install windows sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 9 minutes ago, mjall said: oh wow, im glad im not the only one Y'all its one thing to have antivirus and antimalware but its another thing to disable it so you can download crap to create these problems in future try running your downloads through virus total before clusterf**king your system then advertising the fact here for us all to see its not rocket science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, DonyMach1 said: Y'all its one thing to have antivirus and antimalware but its another thing to disable it so you can download crap to create these problems in future try running your downloads through virus total before clusterf**king your system then advertising the fact here for us all to see its not rocket science you got an attitude man, chill or just don't comment 19 hours ago, MrZeb said: Its a Miner infection... Follow the steps posted by KarthickBalaji16 on this topic https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/soundmixerexe-error-on-startup/85e30193-a5d3-4ceb-86c3-7d35acdb4d7e this worked very well, thanks for sharing 7 hours ago, Dukun Cabul said: Exactly the same symptom Reveal hidden contents Source this worked well for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 sorry my friend I have sat back for six days watching this story unfold and I could not let this go any further with out having my say please forgive my harshness I will now leave your topic with one final comment anyone who thinks upgrading an infected system is good advice should go work for Microsoft good luck brother.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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