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Command line tool in Windows systems used to terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name.

Useful links:

  1. TASKKILL on technet.
  2. TASKKILL on SS64 help pages.
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Safely kill a process from .bat file

I have a VB6 application that needs to update it's self. For this purpose, the PM has recommended using a batch file that is to be launched from the application. The batch file should kill the process, download the new version from a local server,…
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Python: Kill (terminate) a process from command prompt using Python

I am not very familiar with the computer software terminology (my apologies). I designed a GUI in Python that suppose to execute and/or terminate a script when an appropriate button (on the GUI) is pressed. When I press a "Start" button…
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taskkill has no effect when issued under scheduled task while user is logged off

I have a batch file containing the command taskkill /f /im program.exe that kills all currently running instances of program.exe. However, I want to kill program.exe by means of a scheduled task while the user initiating the scheduled task is logged…
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taskkill windows command prompt not killing all processes php

I am running Windows 7 64bit for WAMP 2 server. I am running my program from batch script using Windows Com Component for ex: C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13\php.exe C:\wamp\www\test\command.php $WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell"); $oExec =…
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Batch file: Check for program, restart, or do nothing

I'm struggling a bit with this. The idea of the script should be: If program 1 is running Close it then open it If not running Do nothing This will be used on XP and win7 machines Here's what I have, but I have no idea how to incorporate the if…
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task kill command does not work for c# app

I have c# winform bug: when the application is waiting for user input yes/no/cancel taskkill command line does not work. Any idea?
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Taskkill.exe does not properly close WPF application

We use taskkill.exe in some of our automation test teardowns, some of which involve having to close a WPF application. I've discovered that if more than one window is open, taskkill will kill the active window but not the entire application. We…
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Killing a process from a new command prompt in a batch file

I have this sitting in a batch file, and I'm wondering why it's throwing "The system cannot find the file TASKLIST" FOR /F "usebackq tokens=2 skip=2" %%i IN (TASKLIST /FI "IMAGENAME eq explorer.exe") DO taskkill /F /PID %%i More importantly,…
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taskkill: different behaviour console vs. script

I am writing a small shutdown script for a java application. I get the pid and then try to do the following: taskkill /t /pid !pid! If I am running the command from the console (typing it by hand) everything works fine. I see the shutdown routine…
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I want the computer to shutdown when it finishes running, but it only closes all current processes, not shutdown]?

I have a question I have this batch code @echo off taskkill /F /FI "STATUS eq running" /FI "USERNAME ne NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /FI "USERNAME ne NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE" /FI "USERNAME ne NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE" shutdown /s /f /t 0 [I want…
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Why a working Title command in CMD.exe does not reflect in TASKLIST?

SO is Windows 11. When I open a cmd window and then run the title command, I can see the window title changing in the window tab. But then when I run tasklist, I get N/A in window title property. Here is the sequence of commands: cmd.exe title…
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Clean way in Python to open Windows default web browser with a URL and then close it after a few seconds

As the title suggests I want to find a way in Python to do that. I have tried: 1) Selenium + Webdriver : I don't like the dependencies, like a user need to install a webdriver, tried bypassing it with webdriver-manager module but still there was…
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Is there a way to hide output from the Taskkill command in a batch file for installing patches?

Supposedly, stopping the trustedinstaller.exe task after each Microsoft patch installation speeds up the install process a little. Is there a way to hide the output that comes from killing that task? Right now it outputs to the cmd window "SUCCESS:…
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Kill process running on a port in node.js

I am trying to start a process on port 3000 and 3080 in a node.js app. I want to check if these ports are already running processes and want to kill those processes. I tried portscanner but no luck. portscanner.findAPortInUse([3000],…
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Why cannot execute "taskkill" from cmd in c++?

I want to execute taskkill from cmd in c++ code. I have tried two forms: Simple form: system("taskkill /IM 'example.exe' /F"); With administrative privilege (because one of my processes has high privilege): system("runas / profile /…
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