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Operating system:Microsoft:XP: How to stop process from MSDOS command line? tasklist/pskill/taskkill
May 18th, 2009 16:41
Knud van Eeden, chat alarab,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 26 March 2006 - 00:17 am ----------------------
Operating system:Microsoft:XP: How to stop process from MSDOS command
line? tasklist/pskill/taskkill
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Method: program: taskkill
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Steps: Overview:
1. Open an MSDOS box and type the following command:
taskkill <some parameters>
1. -For an overview of parameters see link below
2. -You can shutdown several processes at once
1. -For example, to shut down all applications that are not
responding, type
taskkill /fi "status eq not responding"
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Method: program: pskill
Steps: Overview:
1. -Get the process name
1. -Get an overview of currently running processes, by typing
(the program tasklist.exe is located in the
c:\windows\system32\ directory)
tasklist.exe /o
2. -This shows e.g.
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0 System Idle Process
4 System
388 wmplayer Media Event Sink Window
472 smss
536 csrss
560 winlogon
608 services
620 lsass
820 svchost
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2. -Kill the process, by running the utitility
pskill.exe
1. -Download this program
1. -Goto URL
http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/pskill.html
2. -Unzip the program
2. -On the command line type
pskill.exe -t <your process name>
1. -E.g.
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pskill -t YahooDesktopSearch
PsKill v1.11 - Terminates processes on local or remote systems
Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
2 processes named YahooDesktopSearch killed.
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For pskill.exe options, type the following:
pskill.exe
This will show e.g.
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PsKill v1.11 - Terminates processes on local or remote systems
Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Usage: pskill [-t] [\\computer [-u username [-p password]]] <process
ID | name>
-t Kill the process and its descendants
(here '-t' means 't'erminate)
-u Specifies optional user name for login to
remote computer.
-p Specifies optional password for user name. If you
omit this
you will be prompted to enter a hidden password.
<process ID> a process number (e.g. 388)
<process name> a process name (e.g. wmplayer)
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Method: program: tasklist.exe
Tasklist.exe will show currently running processes.
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For tasklist.exe options, type the following:
tasklist.exe /?
e.g.
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Display a process list.
tasklist [/O /P] [name]
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Internet: see also:
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[Internet: http://www.google.com search for 'taskkill':
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddoc
s/en-us/taskkill.mspx?mfr=true]
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[Internet: http://www.google.com search for 'kill process API
TerminateProcess Delphi':
http://www.swissdelphicenter.ch/torry/showcode.php?id=266]
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Operating system: Microsoft: Windows: XP: Link: Overview: Can you give
an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/34878/fid/868
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