I know that the command prompt should be found in Accessories but it isn't there and I'm positive of that. I tried doing a computer search and didn't find it. I also checked all the other places in my start MENU and it is simply gone. Is there a keystroke I can use? What can I do to find it? What could be the issue? If this is a computer you are using at work or school/college, command prompt may have been disabled by the system admin. You could try Start, Run, cmd.exe.
Well, this is a HOME computer but I just noticed that there's no run command in my start menu either. I do use a disk cleaner that can wipe the start menu shortcuts and whatnot so maybe I messed it up that way but I don't think it would have done this.Very possibly a virus, I suggest you post in the malware section for the experts to advise.
Try this novadl . Cursor in the task bar and right click>click on properties> click start menu tab>click customize> click advanced tab>scroll down to where it says "run command". There should be a check mark in the box next to "run command". If not check that box then click OK, then click apply.
Hope that works for you.  Thanks!  That worked. I don't have the command prompt in Accessories still but now at least I can access it. Thanks a lot for your  help!I just noticed that I can't run the command prompt as administrator which is what I need to do. Is there a way to do that if I can only open the prompt this way?When you right click on command prompt does it not give an option of "run as administrator?No. I can't really right click on it since there's no icon. I just get the command prompt window and I can't use the run command to open the prompt as an administrator. I guess I need to figure out how to get my command prompt icon back unless theres a way to open it as an administrator using the run command.Can you find CMD in C:\Windows\System32?

cmd.exeThank you! I found it in my system32 FOLDER. Now I can run as administrator. Thanks a lot for all the help.  Anytime. heres how to get it back in accessories
click start
click programs
right click acessoiries and click open
a window should pop up keep that CLOSE by
now click start run type in C:\windows\system32
a window should pop up set that next to the other one
now in the system32 window
right click on drag the cmd.exe to the other window
and release
then click create shortcut here
close the system32 window
now right click the shortcut you made and click rename
type Command Prompt
close the window and check your
to see if command prompt is back Quote from: novadl on August 22, 2009, 08:23:40 PM

Thank you! I found it in my system32 folder. Now I can run as administrator. Thanks a lot for all the help. 

heres how to get it back in accessories
click start
click programs
right click acessoiries and click open
a window should pop up keep that close by
now click start run type in C:\windows\system32
a window should pop up set that next to the other one
now in the system32 window
right click on drag the cmd.exe to the other window
and release
then click create shortcut here
close the system32 window
now right click the shortcut you made and click rename
type Command Prompt
close the window and check your
to see if command prompt is back