When Start Vivaldi, Windows Command Processor & Console Window Host Start

[slankz]

Hi All,
On Windows10 with Vivaldi 6.7.3329.39
In Windows Task Manager I can see when I start Vivaldi both Windows Command Processor and Console Windows Host both start up as sub tasks of Vivaldi.

Why is this happening? How do I stop it?

I do have Malwarebytes Premium installed on the machine. It shows no issues.
SuperAntiSpyware didn't find anything either.

Both Google Chrome and Edge have same issue so I kind of wonder if this is a Chromium issue/feature/bug...

Firefox doesn't have this happen.

[DoctorG]

@slankz How had you recorded the start of these programs? I do not see start of cmd.exe on my Windows 11 Pro.

[slankz]

@DoctorG in task manager --> Processes TAB --> Apps section --> next to the browser name click on the > to expand and see it's subprocesses

[DoctorG]

@slankz See

[slankz]

@DoctorG congrats! You are not having issue I am. Try starting edge or chrome and see if they do it...

[mib2berlin]

@slankz
Hi, extensions can start background processes but I am not aware they can start other Windows processes.
Start a guest profile and close your default to check this.

https://help.vivaldi.com/article/guest-view/

Cheers, mib

[DoctorG]

@slankz No, Edge does not start extra processes on Windows 11.

I am not able to check if that is a Windows 10 issue.

[Pathduck]

@DoctorG No it's not a Win10 issue

@slankz Use a proper tool like Process Explorer to find the command line of the process that launches Vivaldi.

For me Vivaldi is launched with Explorer as the parent, as it should.

And no, it's not a "Chromium thing" either - it's a "your system" thing.

[DoctorG]

@Pathduck said in When Start Vivaldi, Windows Command Processor & Console Window Host Start:

proper tool like Process Explorer

LOL What i had checked with, too

[DoctorG]

@slankz Give us a screeshot of your Task Manager.

[slankz]

@Pathduck Thanks.
I got process explorer. Vivaldi.exe is launched with Explorer as its parent.

Using chrome as a test, when I launch it, it also is under Explorer. Chrome does show cmd.exe as a sub. and conhost.exe is a sub of it. Also, a malwarebytes process is also a sub of cmd.exe.
Makes me think that malwarebytes is the one launching this stuff. I will research on their site too. Here is a pick: