How to create a shortcut or batch file to kill a process

Question

I would like to create a shortcut or batch file to kill a process NorisWin32.exe in two clicks instead of repeatedly killing it in Task Manager.

easy with one click, but I'm still struggling, adding a second click somehow. — Stephan, Jul 10 '18 at 06:24
@Frederik.L good idea. Or we declare a double-click to be two clicks `:D` — Stephan, Jul 10 '18 at 07:24
A double-click is two clicks! _the clue is in the word double._ — Compo, Jul 10 '18 at 07:38
@melpomene You're right. I have used a shortcut with 'taskkill.exe /IM NorisWin32.exe /F' — Karel, Jul 11 '18 at 08:06

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '18 at 10:12

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At the location you want the shortcut:

In the input box choose and paste any 1 of the following command strings:

Powershell (GPs NorisWin32).Kill()

WMIC Process Where "Name='NorisWin32.exe'" Call Terminate

TaskKill /IM NorisWin32.exe

answered Jul 10 '18 at 10:12

Compo

Hey Compo, can I create this shortcut with two commands? Kill process then restart? I have an app that links my label printer to a courier label purchasing website and by their own confession the app is designed poorly where the connection is lost if windows goes to sleep. I am needing to kill the process and relaunch the app daily. Painful. – Beno Feb 24 '23 at 00:49
You could @Beno, however for the first you'd need to run multiple powershell commands, in the format ```powershell -nop -c "your commands here with semicolon seperators and nested doublequotes escaped"```; for the latter two, you'd need to use ```cmd /d /c "your commands here with ampersand seperators"```. I'm not however going to offer full code, as this is technically a new question. – Compo Feb 24 '23 at 01:29

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