TaskKill.EXE
Description:
This tool is used to terminate tasks by process id (PID) 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.
/FI filter Applies a filter to select a set of tasks. Allows "*" to be used. ex. imagename eq acme*
/PID processid Specifies the PID of the process to be terminated. Use TaskList to get the PID.
/IM imagename Specifies the image name of the process to be terminated. Wildcard '*' can be used to specify all tasks or image names.
/T Terminates the specified process and any child processes which were started by it.
/F Specifies to forcefully terminate the process(es).
/? Displays help message.
Filters:
Filter Name Valid Operators Valid Value(s) ----------- --------------- ------------------------- STATUS eq, ne RUNNING | NOT RESPONDING | UNKNOWN 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 ---- 1) Wildcard '*' for /IM switch is accepted only when a filter is applied. 2) Termination of remote processes will always be done forcefully (/F). 3) "WINDOWTITLE" and "STATUS" filters are not considered when a remote machine is specified.
- Kill a Process by providing its name:
TaskKill /F /IM notepad.exe
- Kill a specific instance of the process, by providing the windows title value:
TaskKill /F /IM notepad.exe /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq Users.txt - notepad"
- Kill a specific instance of the process, by providing the Process ID (PID):
TaskKill /F /PID 5748
- If you running on Win2K, Taskkill is not included with the windows, another nice tool to use is Kill.exe,
that is included within the Windows 2000 Support tools
usage: KILL [options] <<pid> | <pattern>>*
[options]: -f Force process kill
<pid> This is the process id for the task to be killed. Use TLIST to get a valid pid
<pattern> The pattern can be a complete task name or a regular expression pattern to use as a match. Kill matches the supplied pattern against the task names and the window titles.