Taskkill

Taskkill

\ windows \system32\taskkill.exe

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Taskkill, included with Windows XP Professional only, is used to end one or more running processes from the command line. Task Manager, described previously, provides a more convenient interface for this function, but Taskkill can be used remotely. Taskkill takes the following command-line parameters:

 taskkill [/s   system   [/u [   domain   \]   username   [/p [   password   ]]]] [/pid   process_id   /im   image   ]     [/f] [/t] 

Option	Description
/s system	Specifies the remote system to which to connect.
/u [ domain \] username	Specifies the user context under which to execute.
/p [ password ]	Specifies the password for the specified user.
/f	Forcefully terminates the process.
/pid process_id	Specifies the process ID of the process to be terminated . To obtain the process IDs, use Tasklist (later in this chapter).
/im image	Specifies the image name of the process to be terminated; specify * to terminate all image names .
/t	Terminates the specified process and process tree, which includes any child processes that were started by it.