"End Process" on the Processes-Tab calls TerminateProcess which is the most ultimate way Windows knows to kill a process.
If it doesn't go away, it's currently locked waiting on some kernel resource (probably a buggy driver) and there is nothing (short of a reboot) you could do to make the process go away.
Have a look at this blog-entry from wayback when: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/08/17/unkillable-processes.aspx
Unix based systems like Linux also have that problem where processes could survive a kill -9 if they are in what's known as "Uninterruptible sleep" (shown by top and ps as state D) at which point the processes sleep so well that they can't process incoming signals (which is what kill does - sending signals).
Normally, Uninterruptible sleep should not last long, but as under Windows, broken drivers or broken userpace programs (vfork without exec) can end up sleeping in D forever.
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How to kill console windows associated with a process (using cmd rn but will use powershell, I'm easy)
How do I kill Windows processes from the command line?
At the command line, you can terminate a Windows process with the command taskkill. To use this command, you need to know its process ID (PID). You can get a list of all running tasks with the command tasklist. Once you know the PID, use the taskkill command in this manner: taskkill /PID /F. Type in the process ID without quotes instead of .
What is the kill PID command?
The kill command is used on Linux to terminate a running process. The format is just kill followed by the process ID. You can get a list of running processes by using the top command. The kill command doesn’t work in Windows – use taskkill instead.
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You can interrupt and stop a PowerShell command while it is running by pressing Control-C. A script can be stopped with the command exit. This will also close the PowerShell console.
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"End Process" on the Processes-Tab calls TerminateProcess which is the most ultimate way Windows knows to kill a process.
If it doesn't go away, it's currently locked waiting on some kernel resource (probably a buggy driver) and there is nothing (short of a reboot) you could do to make the process go away.
Have a look at this blog-entry from wayback when: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/08/17/unkillable-processes.aspx
Unix based systems like Linux also have that problem where processes could survive a kill -9 if they are in what's known as "Uninterruptible sleep" (shown by top and ps as state D) at which point the processes sleep so well that they can't process incoming signals (which is what kill does - sending signals).
Normally, Uninterruptible sleep should not last long, but as under Windows, broken drivers or broken userpace programs (vfork without exec) can end up sleeping in D forever.
taskkill /im myprocess.exe /f
The "/f" is for "force". If you know the PID, then you can specify that, as in:
taskkill /pid 1234 /f
Lots of other options are possible, just type taskkill /? for all of them. The "/t" option kills a process and any child processes; that may be useful to you.
Run taskkill /im process.exe /f /t as Administrator.
If you include that command in a .bat file (batch script), you can run the .bat file as an Administrator by:
- Create a shortcut for the .bat file
- Right-click the shortcut and select properties
- In the shortcut tab select "Advanced"
- Select "Run as administrator" and click OK
Your command is correct. But you need to open a cmd as administrator first. Open Start, find Command Prompt, right click, open as administrator.
taskkill /im process.exe /f /t