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How to capture all commands triggering cmd.exe to open on windows10?
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To capture all commands that trigger the opening of cmd.exe
on Windows 10, you can create a simple wrapper script that monitors the command execution. Here's a Python example using the pywinhook
library:
pythonimport os
import sys
import logging
import pywinhook
log_file = 'cmd_commands.log' # File to store captured commands
def on_keyboard_event(event):
if event.event_type == pywinhook.HookConstants.WM_SYSKEYDOWN:
# Check if the F10 key is pressed, which typically opens a new command prompt window
if event.key_code == pywinhook.HookConstants.VKeyToID('VK_F10'):
# Capture the command and write it to the log file
cmd = os.path.basename(event.application_name)
with open(log_file, 'a') as f:
f.write(f'{cmd}\n')
return True
def main():
# Setup logging
logging.basicConfig(filename='cmd_commands.log', level=logging.DEBUG)
# Create a hook manager
hook_manager = pywinhook.HookManager()
# Register the keyboard event handler
hook_manager.KeyDown = on_keyboard_event
# Hook the keyboard events
hook_manager.HookKeyboard()
# Start the message loop
pythoncom.PumpMessages()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Save the script to a Python file, such as cmd_command_capture.py
, and run it. The script will monitor keyboard events and capture the command whenever the F10 key (or any other key combination that opens cmd.exe
) is pressed. The captured commands will be stored in the cmd_commands.log
file.
Please note that this approach captures commands triggered by keyboard events and assumes the F10 key opens a new command prompt window. If you use a different method or key combination to open cmd.exe
, you may need to modify the script accordingly.