A "Token that does not exist" error

Hi all,

I have a new Windows 11 machine, created a bootable disk, and rebooted the machine using that disk. I wanted to run a very long DISM command, so I also created a cheat sheet text file on the bootable USB.

When the "language" screen came up, I opened the command prompt (Shift+F10) and attempted to open the text file. This is when I received the following error:

"An Attempt Was Made to Reference a Token That Does Not Exist" and when I clicked "Ok", the command prompt window said "access denied"

I can open the file in Windows command prompt. This worked a million times in Windows 10 and it's just a text file so I am not even sure where to start. Thanks

Try opening Command Prompt from Advanced option screen.

FreeBooter said:

Try opening Command Prompt from Advanced option screen.

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Good idea, same result.

How did you make bootable Windows 11 USB flash drive?

FreeBooter said:

How did you make bootable Windows 11 USB flash drive?

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Rufus. The file is also on the root of C drive with the same results

Your problem, nothing to do with Windows 11 it's the file you are trying to open is the one causing the error massage.

FreeBooter said:

Your problem, nothing to do with Windows 11 it's the file you are trying to open is the one causing the error massage.

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Do you have any suggestions as to what the problem may be with that file?

It's a simple text file and it opens in Windows and in command prompt from Windows too. No obvious reason to think it's the issue in itself

Which command do you use to open the text file you can open Notepad from recovery environment, type notepad in Command Prompt.