Command line tool in Windows systems used to terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name.
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Add new terminal command that executes, after already running processes within other terminal tab finished?
I would like to add another command to already running processes. In my case:
I have running as example the following command:
mv /media/user/A_1/file1 /media/user/A_2/; date; mv /media/user/A_2/file2 /media/user/A_1/; cd folder/; . . /activate;…
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Zombie xlwings Python processes hanging after closing excel
Is there a way from VBA to kill hanging zombie xlwings Python processes before opening or after closing Excel? I'm happy to take a solution from either VBA or Python, I don't really mind which.
For example, in VBA I could do the following, but this…
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taskkill command works with cmd but not working in java code to end process tree
when I type taskkill /f /t /pid xxx in Command Prompt, my process tree ends correctly. However, the code block below written in Java ends all processes in my process tree except one of them. Could you help me?
String pid =…
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Program starts itself after being task killed
I have this software PC2Control which I want to taskkill. (Also I don't want to uninstall that)
taskkill /f /t /im PCControl2Client.exe :: success
But after like 1 second, it automatically starts again. I think it could be some Windows event.
This…
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Why does killing a task with taskkill return so many errors?
I am just wondering, why does my code return so many errors, even after successfully killing a task.
import subprocess
subprocess.call("taskkill /IM chrome.exe")
This is what I did, and it does the job. But I wish to know the reasoning behind the…
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How to kill a background process in windows and keep foreground process running
as the title says, I want to kill all backgroundprocess of a certain program, but keep the running foreground program on windows (Server 2016). All the processes are using the same .exe and therefore the only thing to separate them is to check if…
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Kill protected windows process in Python (with admin priviliges?)
Thank you for reading this!
Firstly, I like to say that I went through a lot of posts, trying lots of different possible solutions and none of them worked, including threads on Stackoverflow.
I need to kill a process that is protected, when I just…
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Powershell taskkill /F /IM firefox.exe /T without killing the developer version with the same .exe name?
I've got a macro looping with powershell and at the end of a run to clean up it kills and restarts the browser, Standard FireFox version firefox.exe
Using:
taskkill /F /IM firefox.exe /T
How can I prevent it from killing the dev version of FireFox…
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C# : Killing a specific file opened and not all instance
I'm trying to open an excel file in my application via Process.
When the form is closed I want to close that file automatically .
The issue that I'm facing is even if I specify the PID process of the Excel opened .
When I run the kill instruction,…
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How to kill listening process on Windows?
My application (WIN32-Delphi-SecureBridge) creates an SSH tunnel to a PostgreSQL database. Sometimes the tunnel is not closed properly and a process is left which I cannot remove programmatically. Below is a screenshot of what it looks like when I…
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cmd batch - How to set the "Taskkill" command blocking or non-blocking in Windows command line?
We have a group of machines running scripts. Most of our machines fail to finish the task after last weekend.
After comparing the working machines and non-workings machines we find out something weired that the behavior of Taskkill command has…
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How do I get the `for` loop to not stop after an os command?
I automate a process with Task Scheduler that occasionally leaves EXCEL.EXE processes hung in the background and these interfere with future processes. I found a way to list these to a file with a .bat code. The scheduled task starts code that calls…
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Why isn't taskkill in batch working for me?
I'm trying to terminate GTA 5 when it doesn't respond, but when I run the batch file, it says :
"SUCCESS: Sent termination signal to the process with PID 3220."
But it doesn't stop it.
taskkill /fi "imagename eq GTA5.exe" /fi "status eq Not…
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Kill process as Process Hacker does and make process stay dead
I want to kill a process as Process Hacker does (it can kill NT Authority/SYSTEM processes and processes that requires an extra password to be killed).
I am not sure what kind of black magic it does, apparently it uses another kill function that…
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Windows batch command to close job related tasks to gain privacy
working from home on my private PC via Citrix with web sessions, skype sessions, ... I'd like to make sure that I've gained privacy after end of work. I've figured out the following batch script to close all job related taskbar tasks by one double…
