CMD stands for command (and .exe is for executable). It is a DOS like prompt on your system that is used to perform various tasks and is an essential component of Windows 10 and it’s predecessors. The error 0xc0000142 [The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application] for (CMD) is usually caused by an interrupting program most commonly your (antivirus, antirootkit or geforce update etc) application being corrupt or in need of a repair. This can also be caused by corrupted system files.
Since we don’t know which program is it exactly that is causing the cmd pop-ups; it will be useless to try and diagnose each program, therefore it would be best to apply the general steps listed here to diagnose this, this won’t have any adverse affect on your system and it will continue to function normally.
Troubleshooting CMD – Application Error (0xc0000142)
The first method is to do a clean boot, what it would do is disable non windows services and startup programs. You can re-enable them if needed. This will also improve the performance by disabling un-wanted start-up programs that are not used. They can be re-enabled by repeating the steps and checking the ones that have been disabled.
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After the clean boot; restart the system and test to see if issue is gone or if it still exists. If it exists then do a system file scan. You can do this by going to command prompt and running sfc /scannow
If the issue is still not resolved, then go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> Uninstall a Program and take a look at the list of recently installed programs, sort them by date to filter out which ones were recently installed that triggered the error and uninstall them.
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