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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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Is there a way to kill a loop pass that lasts over 1 min and go to the next loop pass in batch?

The jhove script will process all files %%a from my %input% directory in a for loop. As far as I know taskkill is only used for killing the .exe files but not one loop pass. Would it be possible for this code to wait 60 seconds then kill the loop…
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Python - Trouble getting exception - os.system command

I am getting 'Unknown Error' with the value of 128. Here are the things I have tried and I cannot manage to get into the exception block. Also in the console I am getting: ERROR: The process "NULL.exe" not found. try: tmp =…
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taskkill close windows and for loop ending prematurely

I made a batch file (start_loop.bat) with a for loop that runs another batch file (run_program.bat) and kills it after 45 mins. Here is my code: @echo off FOR %%A IN (1,1,100) DO ( start run_program.bat timeout 2700 Taskkill /IM program.exe…
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Take list of processes from db and kill it CMD

I cant get this to work hope u get idea. I am trying to kill tasks by taking task list from my file... echo off set Taskkill_DB "C:\Users\jokbo\Desktop\CMD NEXT\Taskkill_DB.txt" for /f tokens=* %%A in (%Taskkill_DB%) do (taskkill /F /T %%A >nul…
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Access Denied using taskkill from python script

I'm trying to open and close the osk.exe keyboard from a python script in WIN10. I can open it with: import os os.popen("osk.exe") but when I try to close it with: import os os.popen('taskkill /IM osk.exe /F') I get Access Denied error from the…
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How to initiate a 'Do not Save' command along with os.system('taskkill') in Python

The project I am working on will create a .CSV file for the user to look at if needed. If my script tries to open the .CSV file while the user has the file open in excel, my script will initiate os.system("taskkill /im EXCEL.EXE"). This closes…
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Taskkill Taskmgr.exe Python

I was wondering if there was a way to kill the Taskmgr.exe process with python. I am currently working on a revision program designed to close all applications that I could use to close said program or distract me from revision in the first place.…
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Closing multiple windows with CMD

I have been working on a batch-file program that opens multiple windows and then closes them all at the same time. I can use the TASKKILL command on Windows 10 to close them all simultaneously. I also want to use the program on Windows XP Home SP3…
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.bat file works on two domain systems but not other systems

The .bat file is located in C:\Temp in a domain network. It will be ran via shortcut on user desktop. Using this setup, on my system and on one other system (laptop Win 7 Pro and Desktop Win 7 Pro), it works. Different users. I have admin account,…
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What's the difference between kill and taskkill?

I'm on a Windows 7 machine using Cygwin. There is a process listening on port 9090 that I wanted to kill. First, I ran netstat -ao | grep 9090 to find out its PID 19892. Then I want to kill it. $ netstat -ao | grep 9090 Proto Local Address …
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How to end task in batch?

How to end/stop a task/programm in batch-files quickly ? If it's possible to stop all programms with one command please say it to me. I triedtaskkill firefox But it doesnt work Thank you for answers ; )
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How to kill a Robocopy batch script via Taskkill?

I started a batch script that activates Robocopy to copy some really big folder from some source to a destination. When I run the script I can see the cmd with Robocopy working. What I want to know is if there is a way for me to kill that…
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Batch Script to run a program with "Run As Admin" once, and then immediately close

I developed a workaround for WinXP legacy software (code/project not available, its very old!) that allows it to run in Windows 10. The workaround essentially consists of an Inno script setup that: 1) Runs the software's XP installer (prompts for…
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How does process killing work in android?

I used advanced task killer (many other task killer) to kill processes in my android phone, most of the cases do work, but sometimes I find you kill the process in task killer doesn't mean the process get really killed, it still works in background,…
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Android Execute code before OS kills my app

When I press Home button my app goes in background (i.e onPause() and onStop() methods called). Now If I keep app in background for longer time with my phone in idle state then OS kills the app after some time. Now what I want to do is execute…
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