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Operating system:Microsoft:XP: How to stop process from MSDOS command line? tasklist/pskill/taskkill

Apr 3rd, 2006 14:52
Knud van Eeden,

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Operating system:Microsoft:XP: How to stop process from MSDOS command 
line? tasklist/pskill/taskkill
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Method: program: taskkill
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Steps: Overview:
 1. Open an MSDOS box and type the following command:
     taskkill <some parameters>
    1. -For an overview of parameters see link below
 2. -You can shutdown several processes at once
     1. -For example, to shut down all applications that are not
         responding, type
          taskkill /fi "status eq not responding"
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Method: program: pskill
Steps: Overview:
 1. -Get the process name
     1. -Get an overview of currently running processes, by typing
         (the program tasklist.exe is located in the
          c:\windows\system32\ directory)
           tasklist.exe /o
     2. -This shows e.g.
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   0  System Idle Process
   4  System
 388  wmplayer          Media Event Sink Window
 472  smss
 536  csrss
 560  winlogon
 608  services
 620  lsass
 820  svchost
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 2. -Kill the process, by running the utitility
      pskill.exe
     1. -Download this program
         1. -Goto URL
              http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/pskill.html
         2. -Unzip the program
     2. -On the command line type
          pskill.exe -t <your process name>
         1. -E.g.
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 pskill -t YahooDesktopSearch
 PsKill v1.11 - Terminates processes on local or remote systems
 Copyright (C) 1999-2005  Mark Russinovich
 Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
 2 processes named YahooDesktopSearch killed.
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For pskill.exe options, type the following:
 pskill.exe
This will show e.g.
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 PsKill v1.11 - Terminates processes on local or remote systems
 Copyright (C) 1999-2005  Mark Russinovich
 Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
 Usage: pskill [-t] [\\computer [-u username [-p password]]] <process 
ID | name>
             -t    Kill the process and its descendants
                   (here '-t' means 't'erminate)
             -u    Specifies optional user name for login to
                   remote computer.
             -p    Specifies optional password for user name. If you 
omit this
                   you will be prompted to enter a hidden password.
   <process ID>    a process number (e.g. 388)
 <process name>    a process name (e.g. wmplayer)
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Method: program: tasklist.exe
Tasklist.exe will show currently running processes.
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For tasklist.exe options, type the following:
 tasklist.exe /?
e.g.
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Display a process list.
 tasklist [/O /P] [name]
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Internet: see also:
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[Internet: http://www.google.com search for 'taskkill': 
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddoc
s/en-us/taskkill.mspx?mfr=true]
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[Internet: http://www.google.com search for 'kill process API 
TerminateProcess Delphi': 
http://www.swissdelphicenter.ch/torry/showcode.php?id=266]
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Operating system: Microsoft: Windows: XP: Link: Overview: Can you give 
an overview of links?
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/34878/fid/868
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