Killing a process with taskkill /F returning code 0

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I need to kill a windows process (java.exe). I'm currently using:

taskkill.exe /F /IM java.exe

I need to use the /F option since is a critical process,but in this way I get a return code 1 instead I need a return code 0 (returned when I don't use /F for killing other not critical processes)

how could I fix this problem?

Many thanks

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '10 at 15:48

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You can try with :

TASKKILL /F /IM "notepad.exe"

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answered Jul 03 '10 at 15:48

Venkat

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '16 at 19:16

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Why don't you use PowerShell?

Stop-Process -Name java.exe

From the old command prompt:

powershell -Command "Stop-Process -Name java.exe"

answered Dec 06 '16 at 19:16

Rosberg Linhares

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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I am using following command on Windows Server 2008R2

Taskkill /IM B2B_Crawler_V2.exe /F

Refer Taskkill and Killing a process in Batch and reporting on success

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Apr 08 '14 at 00:38

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 06 '15 at 14:24

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Execute this in CMD

Get the list of open processes

netstat -a -o -n

And then kill the process on that port with the following command

taskkill /F /PID <pid>

answered Feb 06 '15 at 14:24

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Killing a process with taskkill /F returning code 0

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