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
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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.