# Strange characters 'qw♥' sent in chat **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [July 14, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/strange-characters-qw-sent-in-chat/117859 "2025-07-14T21:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccalvarez](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ccalvarez/32/45424_2.png) [@ccalvarez](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ccalvarez)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/strange-characters-qw-sent-in-chat/117859/1 "2025-07-14T21:47:09Z")
### Describe the Bug I’m receiving this message as last command executed: ‘qw♥’ is not recognized as an internal or external command. The model is trying to execute this sequence of characters: q^D^C^ Latest Cursor IDE, Gemini 2.5 Pro preview 05-06. Operating System: Windows 10 ### Steps to Reproduce Latest Cursor IDE, Gemini 2.5 Pro preview 05-06. Operating System: Windows 10 ### Screenshots / Screen Recordings ![Cursor IDE sequence of characters](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/4/8/48fe49a73a308cfad4f156ee0e8e59d0dd89d746.jpeg) ### Operating System Windows 10/11 ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 1.2.4 (user setup) VSCode Version: 1.99.3 Commit: a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90 Date: 2025-07-10T17:09:01.383Z Electron: 34.5.1 Chromium: 132.0.6834.210 Node.js: 20.19.0 V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0 OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.19044 ### Does this stop you from using Cursor No - Cursor works, but with this issue ---
**Author:** ![thepKz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/thepkz/32/31508_2.png) [@thepKz](https://forum.cursor.com/u/thepKz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/strange-characters-qw-sent-in-chat/117859/2 "2025-07-15T14:45:05Z")
this issue is on Windows users, there are many articles about this problem but it’s still not solved. > [@Q is not recognized as an internal or external command](https://forum.cursor.com/t/q-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command/91721): > > I get this every time Cursor runs a command: [image] What do i need to change in my settings to not get this error every time? ---
**Author:** ![ivoras](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ivoras/32/34448_2.png) [@ivoras](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ivoras)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/strange-characters-qw-sent-in-chat/117859/3 "2025-07-15T15:48:21Z")
FWIW, the heart symbol is [ASCII 3](https://www.ascii-codes.com/), associated with [Ctrl-C](https://www.commfront.com/pages/ascii-chart). I wrote a similar bug report, not knowing other people have found it. The Ctrl-C issued by Cursor is actually stopping the terminal command at random places, and for me, that makes Cursor generally unusable. ---
**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/strange-characters-qw-sent-in-chat/117859/4 "2025-07-16T13:48:05Z")
Hi everyone here, the issue is being worked on by Cursor Team. I think we also have a few duplicate posts on this so the efforts on communicating this properly becomes a bit more tricky. here are similar cases - [Without doubt, the MOST frustrating Cursor issue is STILL: zsh: command not found: q - #13 by geodox](https://forum.cursor.com/t/without-doubt-the-most-frustrating-cursor-issue-is-still-zsh-command-not-found-q/111115/13) - [Terminal getting stuck, hangs, stalls forever, not displaying output in windows (auto-run agentic mode) - #8 by Oliver\_Michalik](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-getting-stuck-hangs-stalls-forever-not-displaying-output-in-windows-auto-run-agentic-mode/117747/8) - [Terminal commands get stuck on running](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-commands-get-stuck-on-running/116553) - [Cursor getting stuck in terminal - #37 by Matt\_LaPaglia](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-getting-stuck-in-terminal/108144/37) - [Strange characters 'qw♥' sent in chat](https://forum.cursor.com/t/strange-characters-qw-sent-in-chat/117859) - [Terminal command tries to execute an unknown command named "q" in the terminal - #3 by hernandp](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-command-tries-to-execute-an-unknown-command-named-q-in-the-terminal/118095/3) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/strange-characters-qw-sent-in-chat/117859/5 "2025-08-07T13:48:54Z")
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