How to Disable Command Prompt in Windows 11 – Guide
Disable the Command Prompt on Windows Via Registry Editor:
- Open Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
- Right-click on the key and select New DWORD Value. Name the new value “Command Prompt Disable” and click on OK to create the registry entry.
- Close Registry Editor and restart your computer.
- To enable the Command Prompt, open Local Group Policy Editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\commandprompts
- Right-click on the key and select New DWORD Value. Name the new value “Command Prompt Enable” and click on OK to create the registry entry.
- Close Local Group Policy Editor and restart your computer again.
- Your computer will now be able to run commands using the Command Prompt as normal!
How to Prevent Command Prompt Access in Windows 11 Using Registry Editor?
Although the Group Policy Editor is the best way to apply a policy on Windows PC, it is not part of Windows 11 Home edition. So you need to use Registry Editor to apply a policy on your Windows 11 Home computer if you use it. Rest of all Pro and Enterprise editions users can continue using Group Policy. To disable command prompt on your computer or laptop follow these steps: ..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon The value for this key is “WinsockHostName” which will be the name of the Winsock server used to communicate with the Windows computer. In order to change this value, you would need to use the registry editor and change the value from “WinsockHostName” to something else.
Right-click on the Windows folder and select the New > Key option. Name it System.
New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
The newly created DWORD value DisableCMD disables the command prompt. ..
%windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c del “C:\Users<username>\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Windows Defender" When finished, double-click on DisableCMD to open its settings. Then enter the following value in the “Value data” field:- %windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c del “C:\Users<username>\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Windows Defender" ..
This tool disables the command prompt, including command scripts. It can be used to help administrators or users in troubleshooting problems.
This command disables the command prompt only. ..
To test if the command prompt is working, open the Run command box by pressing Windows + R keys on your keyboard. There, type cmd and press Enter on your keyboard to open the command prompt.
Your administrator has disabled the command prompt. To continue, press any key. ..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and change the value to “cmd”
DisableCMD = 0xFFFFFFFF
How to Interrupt command prompt access in Windows 11 ac?
In the Local Group Policy Editor, open the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update. In the Windows Update section, open the following policy: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components Windows Update
Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Components and open the following policy: Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Components\AppxPackagePolicy The AppxPackagePolicy policy will be opened in the Local Group Policy Editor. The policy will contain the following content: The AppxPackagePolicy policy will allow you to install and uninstall applications from the Windows Store.
This is a list of administrative templates that can be used to configure the system. ..
Configure the settings for Prevent Command Prompt Access in the right-hand pane.
In the “Prevent access to the command prompt” window, select the Enabled option.
In the Options section, select Yes for “Do not enable command prompt scripting?”
To apply the policy, restart the computer. ..
Final note
Disable Command Prompt in Windows 11 In order to disable the command prompt in Windows 11, you will need to use the following steps:
- Open the Start menu and type cmd.exe. This will open the command prompt.
- To disable the command prompt, type the following into the command prompt: netstat -an | grep cmd | cut -d ’ ’ -f 1 | sed ’s/^[^]*$//g’ . This will disable all commands that start with cmd.
