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Taskkill with the Cmd.exe, how to use correct and useful with examples!


The taskkill can be used to end one or more processes in any windows OS. With TASKKILL, processes can be killed by the process id or image name.




There are also good programs such as the freeware tool ProcessKO! But why yet another program, if it also goes without. For this reason, here a couple of useful EXAMPLES for taskkill and tasklist for new Windows 11 and 10 and Server 2016, and also for old OS Windows 8.1 and 7!


Content:

1.) ... Find the Procesid via TASKLIST in command prompt!
2.) ... Kill of the Procesid or the program via ProcessID PID!
3.) ... Killing of multiple processes via Proces-ID!
4.) ... Kill programs via the program (exe) name!
5.) ... Creating a desktop shortcut for a fast kill of hanging programs!
6.) ... Command Prompt TASKKIL Help-File.



1.) Find the Procesid via TASKLIST in command prompt!

For this purpose, we use the command Tasklist to find out the corresponding Prozesid (PID).
Here I have me decided for the kill of the CollorConsoe.exe with the PID 1024 (here orange marked).

PS: You can here download the ColorConsole.exe (colored cmd.exe): ... ColorConsole.exe

C:\WINDOWS>tasklist

Image Name                   PID Session Name     Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ====== ================ ======== ============
System Idle Process            0 Console                 0         16 K
System                         4 Console                 0        212 K
smss.exe                     320 Console                 0        400 K
csrss.exe                    380 Console                 0      1,964 K
winlogon.exe                 404 Console                 0     16,768 K
services.exe                 448 Console                 0      3,260 K
lsass.exe                    460 Console                 0      1,576 K
svchost.exe                  612 Console                 0      4,920 K
svchost.exe                  764 Console                 0      4,116 K
svchost.exe                  828 Console                 0     22,280 K
svchost.exe                  920 Console                 0      3,400 K
svchost.exe                 1000 Console                 0      3,876 K
spoolsv.exe                 1112 Console                 0      4,380 K
explorer.exe                1344 Console                 0     18,548 K
vmusrvc.exe                 1440 Console                 0      3,072 K
svchost.exe                 1620 Console                 0      3,292 K
vmsrvc.exe                  1652 Console                 0      2,268 K
vpcmap.exe                  1848 Console                 0      1,044 K
alg.exe                      900 Console                 0      3,440 K
wscntfy.exe                 1268 Console                 0      2,036 K
HelpCtr.exe                 1240 Console                 0      4,336 K
HelpSvc.exe                  504 Console                 0     18,800 K
wpabaln.exe                  996 Console                 0      2,956 K
firefox.exe                 1800 Console                 0      4,144 K
chrome.exe                 1812 Console                 0        592 K
ctfmon.exe                  1684 Console                 0      3,328 K
ColorConsole.exe            1024 Console                 0      3,496 K
cmd.exe                      640 Console                 0      2,524 K
cmd.exe                      580 Console                 0      2,628 K
tasklist.exe                1680 Console                 0      4,416 K
wmiprvse.exe                 532 Console                 0      5,652 K

C:\WINDOWS>

2.) Kill of the Procesid or the program via ProcessID PID!

After we found the process ID, it is easy to stop (kill) this program.

 
C:\Windows-7>System32>taskkill /pid 1024

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3.) Killing of multiple processes via Proces-ID!

Force quitting several Processen. Here the PID 1812 and PID 1684. (chrome.exe, firefox.exe)

 
C:\Windows-7>System32>taskkill /pid 1812 /pid 1684

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C:\Windows-7>System32>taskkill /pid 1230 /pid 1241 /pid 1253

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4.) Kill programs via the program (exe) name!

Info: /F: forces the process to finish. /IM the Image name (program name)

In this case we close all NOTEPAD.EXE instances.

 
C:\Windows-7>System32>taskkill /IM notepad.exe /F
SUCCESS: The process "notepad.exe" with PID 1580 has been terminated.
SUCCESS: The process "notepad.exe" with PID 732 has been terminated.

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5.) Creating a desktop shortcut for a fast kill of hanging programs!

You can create each of the commands as desktop shortcut on the desktop. Idleness is for Internet Explorer, because this still love hangs. It uses the command taskkill / IN the iexplorer.exe / F and simply creates a desktop shortcut.

By right clicking on the free space on the windows desktop, then click on the "New", "shortcut" in the desktop context menu, type only the command taskkill /IM iexplore.exe /F and "Kill IE" via desktop shortcut.

 
taskkill /IM iexplorer.exe /F
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6.) Command Prompt TASKKIL Help-File.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop>taskkill /?

TASKKILL [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]]
{ [/FI filter] [/PID processid | /IM imagename] } [/F] [/T]

Description:
This command line tool can be used to end one or more processes.
Processes can be killed by the process id or image name.

Parameter List:
/S    system        
Specifies the remote system to connect to. /U [domain\]user
Specifies the user context under which the command should execute. /P [password]
Specifies the password for the given user context. Prompts for input if omitted. /F
Specifies to forcefully terminate process(es). /FI filter
Displays a set of tasks that match a given criteria specified by the filter. /PID process id
Specifies the PID of the process that has to be terminated. /IM image name
Specifies the image name of the process that has to be terminated. Wildcard '*' can be used to specify all image names. /T
Tree kill: terminates the specified process and any child processes which were started by it. /? Displays this help/usage. Filters: Filter Name Valid Operators Valid Value(s) ----------- --------------- -------------- STATUS eq, ne RUNNING | NOT RESPONDING IMAGENAME eq, ne Image name PID eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le PID value SESSION eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le Session number. CPUTIME eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le CPU time in the format of hh:mm:ss. hh - hours, mm - minutes, ss - seconds MEMUSAGE eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le Memory usage in KB USERNAME eq, ne User name in [domain\]user format MODULES eq, ne DLL name SERVICES eq, ne Service name WINDOWTITLE eq, ne Window title NOTE: Wildcard '*' for the /IM switch is accepted only with filters. NOTE: Termination of remote processes will always be done forcefully irrespective of whether /F option is specified or not. Examples: TASKKILL /S system /F /IM notepad.exe /T TASKKILL /PID 1230 /PID 1241 /PID 1253 /T TASKKILL /F /IM notepad.exe /IM mspaint.exe TASKKILL /F /FI "PID ge 1000" /FI "WINDOWTITLE ne untitle*" TASKKILL /F /FI "USERNAME eq NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /IM notepad.exe TASKKILL /S system /U domain\username /FI "USERNAME ne NT*" /IM * TASKKILL /S system /U username /P password /FI "IMAGENAME eq note*" C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop>


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