How can I disconnect from openvpn in windows via command line?

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I know how to connect to an openvpn via a command line in Windows XP. What I can't figure out is how to end the connection. Any thoughts?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 27 '11 at 11:10

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press F4 (it's listed in the title bar of the command window).

answered Jan 27 '11 at 11:10

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-1 they're looking for command line, not keyboard shortcuts – Mark Henderson Apr 08 '12 at 20:56
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That's the correct answer: When you're starting `openvpn.exe` on command line, the only way to disconnect is to hit F4. `CTRL-C` is ineffective. – Nicolas Guillaumin Jun 30 '13 at 07:33

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '14 at 10:47

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Its looks like openvpn doesnot have disconnect option. But you can use taskkill command to disconnect the vpn connection. I have tested myself. It is properly disconnecting instead of abruptly killing openvpn.

taskkill.exe /F /IM openvpn.exe

answered Sep 23 '14 at 10:47

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DAB · Answer 3 · 2019-10-02T15:35:46.133

The above answers didn't work for me. The question is about Windows XP, but I thought I would answer for Windows 10 anyway.

You can now run the GUI program with a large number of options. To disconnect a specific client execute the following (this worked in October 2019 with OpenVPN version 11.10 64bit)

"c:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe" --command disconnect <client-name>

Or disconnect all connections, regardless of name

"c:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe" --command disconnect_all

Many other options are also available

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 09 '12 at 07:04

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You can stop the service with:

net stop openvpnservice

edited Apr 09 '12 at 07:04

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answered Apr 08 '12 at 10:51

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 20 '16 at 14:53

Don't know if this works for XP or when it was introduced, but you can now use this to disconnect

"%ProgramFiles\OpenVPN Technologies\OpenVPN Client\core\ovpncli.exe" disconnect

on 64bit

"%ProgramFiles(x86)\OpenVPN Technologies\OpenVPN Client\core\ovpncli.exe" disconnect

I know old post, but this is the first result google gave when I was looking how to do this.

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 08 '12 at 14:41

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they often have the command

vpnc-disconnect

answered Apr 08 '12 at 14:41

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 14 '10 at 04:33

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Refer below link, that might help you...

http://pwnt.be/2009/08/01/automating-openvpn-connection-on-windows-xp

answered Dec 14 '10 at 04:33

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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, [it would be preferable](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Mark Henderson Apr 08 '12 at 20:54

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