taskkill Questions

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In my MSI installer custom-action handler (done with C++) I cannot obtain the SE_DEBUG_NAME privilege to be able to open and terminate a process, thus I have to resort to doing it with the taskkill...
Xuthus asked 8/9, 2013 at 10:28

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I am not able to kill process bound to 8000 port, due to which I am not able to start HTTP server. This is in reference to question Start HTTP/HTTPS server, python -m SimpleHTTPServer C:\>task...
Equipollent asked 21/9, 2014 at 6:38

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I want to write a simple batch file to kill a process that contains certain text in the window title. Right now I have: taskkill /fi "Windowtitle eq XXXX*" /im cmd.exe And that works, except w...
Aberration asked 24/10, 2014 at 16:37

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I am trying to run a spring boot application by clicking on Run as -> Spring Boot App. I am getting the error as : Caused by: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: bind When I use ne...
Duodenum asked 25/9, 2018 at 6:43

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I will sometimes get a process such that if I run taskkill /im the_process.exe /f /t, then it won't kill it, because: ERROR: The process with PID 6492 (child process of PID 5788) could not be term...
Unseat asked 19/12, 2014 at 19:0

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I am trying to get windows processes matching some certain criteria, e.g. they are like "123456.exe" and trying to kill them with tasklist. I am trying to do it like that: FOR /F "usebackq tokens=...
Solve asked 15/3, 2012 at 0:31

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I just read the following command: taskkill /f /im something.exe I read that /f forces the task to close, but what does /im do?
Pingpingpong asked 14/1, 2014 at 17:51

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I need a JAR file to delete itself. The issue is that Windows locks the JAR file while it is running, and can't delete itself directly. I have looked into solutions where a batch script could kil...
Honey asked 30/10, 2017 at 14:29

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I'm creating a command-line application, which spawns a process (command defined by a user, usually an HTTP server) and when the application's job is done, I want to let the process know it should ...
Pasteup asked 17/2, 2017 at 16:54

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I am trying to do a list of Android task killers that are installed by default on the operating system. The problem is that Android is modified by the phone's manufacturer and it is hard to keep up...

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I want to kill all tasks that run in android like task killer... What I have done until now is: ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE); List<Runnin...
Kylander asked 7/2, 2011 at 12:25

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What is the Linux equivalent of this command? taskkill /F /IM myStupidProcess.exe /T
Juliojulis asked 9/5, 2016 at 11:27

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I'm trying to create a function in my .bashrc to run in gitbash. The command I'm trying to run is: cmd '/C TASKKILL /fi "WINDOWTITLE eq Windows Task Manager"' I'll be changing the "Windows Task ...
Hyohyoid asked 12/5, 2015 at 15:28

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I install a service/daemon, which needs to be killed before uninstall and reinstall. I already found out how to do it for uninstall: [UninstallRun] Filename: "taskkill"; Parameters: "/im ""My Ser...
Revanchism asked 18/11, 2015 at 9:38

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I Have a batch file which has to launch Internet explorer and open www.google.com. When the whole page loads finishing it should kill the IE process i.e. close all instances of IE in that system. M...
Ethology asked 17/6, 2015 at 8:9

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it seems that whenever i open a program in windows 8, the process name is WWAHost.exe i would like to be able to do something like TASKKILL /F /IM notepad.exe and terminate a specific proces...
Engedus asked 24/3, 2015 at 7:39

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Why I ask is that my program uses 3rd party software that sometimes leaves behind orphan processes that have no link back to my program or the 3rd party process. These orphan processes start to add...
Intestinal asked 13/12, 2013 at 22:6

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A user is seeing different behaviour between my C# program that uses System.Diagnostics.Process.Kill and the Windows 7 command-line program "taskkill /f". Possibly the program is dying more cleanly...
Akela asked 9/9, 2013 at 15:28

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I need help writing batch code. In the initial state of my batch script I need to check if notepad.exe is running if it is running then taskkill /im notepad.exe elsif notepad.exe is not running th...
Dresser asked 9/4, 2013 at 13:22

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The Problem In one part of a batch file (kind of, see Extra Information) I need to restart Explorer, so I use the, tried-and-tested method of taskkill /f /im explorer.exe >nul explorer.exe T...
Marabelle asked 8/6, 2012 at 18:19

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I was experimenting with ActivityManager.killBackgroundProcesses in my application and notice something interesting. I hope someone on stackoverflow can shed some light on this. So if I start an a...
Cordwainer asked 9/1, 2012 at 19:19

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The start command can launch an application like notepad in a batch file like this: start notepad start "my love.mp3" But how do I close the running application from the command line? I found ta...
Shelter asked 15/7, 2011 at 4:59

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First of all, thank you for this great site, I have found a great deal of information by searching through the questions answered here. I have a problem, though, that I only found one mention of (w...
Sunbathe asked 3/7, 2011 at 13:54

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I want to be able to close a process on a remote computer using a .bat file. eg: taskkill /im Myapp.exe Is using taskkill a suitable way to close an application? eg like clicking the 'X' on the to...
Oldie asked 7/12, 2010 at 8:35

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Is there a way to notify an activity/service of a force-close request right before it gets killed? I mean when the user hits the force close button in Menu > Settings > Applications > Man...
Investigate asked 4/10, 2010 at 13:39

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