I'm hypothesizing a bit here...I have Windows 7 RTM installed in a dual boot situation with Windows XP. CMD worked fine prior to using Windows Easy Transfer to transfer my XP settings, etc to the Windows 7 'side'. The properties on CMD were set to full screen, plus some other size properties. Since running WET, whenever I click on CMD (both standard user and Admin) I do not get a CMD window. Both the CMD.exe and ConHost.exe processes start up (what appears like) normally and are duplicated if I click on CMD again.I'm guessing that the properties for CMD are messed up, causing the CMD window to not be visible. Is there a way of reseting the properties of CMD? Thanks.

Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt -- right-click it and click Properties .Steve Winograd, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

Of course. Sometimes the answer is too obvious. Thanks. I hope changeing these work.

You're welcome. Please let us know the result.Steve Winograd, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

Hi Steve, I finally was able to check this out, and the above procedure did not get me to the properties where I could change the screen settings. I did get to the General/Compatibility/Security/Details/Previous Version property page, but that didn't allow me to change out of full screen. I also tried to Alt-Tab into the window once it was running and that didn't work either. I then cranked up RegEdit and searched for CMD and found the setting at 'HKCU/Console'. The value FullScreen was set to 1. I set it to 0 and everything worked okay. Thanks for your help in this.Mike

You're welcome, Mike. When I go to the command prompt poperties, I get a Shortcut tab where I can select the right option for Run: . I'm glad that you found another solution. Thanks for lettings us know.Steve Winograd, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)