I had a funny issue with Windows 10 a few years ago.
I tried to start cmd.exe and nothing happened. Tried a bunch of times more. Still nothing...
I was connected to a WiFi network that allowed ping to the entire Internet but not TCP connections. Then I switched to a WiFi network that allowed TCP connections to the Internet and 20+ cmd.exe instances started all at once.
I thought: "Wait, that can't be true", but it was reproducible.
This makes me wonder if launching programs takes longer on a slow internet connection.
I do not know if this still happens as I have only used Windows 10 on a handful of occasions since then.
I tried to start cmd.exe and nothing happened. Tried a bunch of times more. Still nothing...
I was connected to a WiFi network that allowed ping to the entire Internet but not TCP connections. Then I switched to a WiFi network that allowed TCP connections to the Internet and 20+ cmd.exe instances started all at once.
I thought: "Wait, that can't be true", but it was reproducible.
This makes me wonder if launching programs takes longer on a slow internet connection.
I do not know if this still happens as I have only used Windows 10 on a handful of occasions since then.