taskkill

taskkill

new in WS2003

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Kills running processes.

Syntax

 taskkill [/s   Computer   ] [/u   Domain   \   UserName   [/p   Password   ]] [/fi   FilterName   ]   {[/pid   ProcessID   ]  [/im   ImageName   ]} [/f] [/t] 

Options

/s Computer

Name or IP address of a remote computer (if omitted, defaults to local computer).

/u [Domain\UserName [/p [Password]]]

Credentials for running the command (if omitted, defaults to currently logged-on user ).

/fi FilterName

Filters the types of process(es) to kill using:

Status {eq ne} {RUNNING NOT RESPONDING UNKNOWN}

Imagename {eq ne}

Any valid string

PID {eg ne gt lt ge le}

Any valid positive integer

Session {eg ne gt lt ge le}

Any valid session number

CPUTime {eg ne gt lt ge le}

Valid time in format HH:MM:SS

Memusage {eg ne gt lt ge le}

Any valid integer

Username {eq ne}

Any valid username in format Domain\UserName

Services {eq ne}

Any valid string

Windowtitle {eq ne}

Any valid string

Modules {eq ne}

Any valid string

Be sure to put the filter in quotes.

/pid ProcessID

Process ID of process to kill

/im ImageName

Image name of process to kill (can use * to kill all processes)

/f

Forces termination of process

/t

Terminates the specified process and any child processes spawned by that process

Examples

Kill the instance of Notepad running on the local machine:

  taskkill /fi "Imagename eq Notepad.exe"  SUCCESS: Sent termination signal to the process with PID 308. 

Notes

Use tasklist to obtain the process ID of running processes you wish to kill.

See Also

tasklist , Tasks