Windows 10 Command Prompt Stuck in Legacy Mode and Won't Start

That "legacy console" option should only be available on a shortcut to cmd.exe, not on cmd.exe itself. So hopefully something is wrong with your shortcut and not with the actual cmd.exe. Try browsing to c:windowssystem32 (or whatever your system dir is), then running cmd.exe directly from there. Alteatively, press WIN+R and run c:windowssystem32cmd.exe directly.

If that works like normal, then just delete the existing shortcut that's giving you the problems and create a new shortcut, that should fix it.

If running cmd.exe directly also doesn't work like normal, here are some other ideas:

• update your windows updates
• try system restore to the most recent point before this problem appeared
• try running cmd.exe in safe mode
• boot to Windows 10 command prompt and run sfc to check your system files
• if you haven't upgraded yet, you could try and grab the Anniversary Update

Good luck.

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