I have a problem with Windows 7 and cmd.exe with these conditions:

  • Logon as non admin user
  • Launch cmd.exe

I can see cmd.exe in task manager but it's invisible in the desktop and I don't know what to do, everything is fine and I can see cmd.exe if I do login with an admin account. I can see it in the "Process" tab but not in the "Application" tab, and if I launch five cmd.exe's, I see five processes, but from that tab I have no "Bring to front" or "Maximise"

I can't find any WOW folder under C:\Windows, even with show hidden and system files enabled.

I'm running Windows 7 32-bit running on a 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

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Is it a 64 bit machine running windows 7 32 bits, by any chance? – byte_slave Nov 17 '10 at 9:44
Does right clicking on cmd.exe in task manager and selecting bring to front or maximise do anything? – sgmoore Nov 17 '10 at 10:42
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Ok. Try to search it inside the WOW folder under Windows folder. When u run win7 32bits inside a 64bits machine, the windows creates a folder called WOW (Windows on Windows) where it stores some of the 32 bits applications. Try it and

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The WOW folder is only there if you run 64 bit Windows, if you run a regular copy of Windows 32 there will be no such folder even if the processor is 64 bit. – Weltenwanderer Jan 26 '11 at 18:52
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