Command prompt takes 7-8 seconds to load in Windows 7

Solution 1:

  1. Download Process Monitor.

  2. Filter the output such that you're only looking at a Process Name of conhost.exe or cmd.exe.

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  3. Add the Duration column to the output.

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  4. Fire up a cmd.exe and see what's going on.