Delete a Process in Windows Task Manager?

marois999 · Post by **marois999** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:15 am

Once the Windows Task Manager is open and the Processes tab has been selected... is there a way to "End the Process" of an exe. For example, let's say I want to end DataKeeper.exe. The problem being, of course, that everytime I open Task Manager, DataKeeper.exe is in a different position in the list so "PressDown" x number of times is not going to work.

Any ideas?

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:10 pm

Hi marois999,

Please look up this. Alternatively, you may search with "kill" as the keyword.

Happy scripting.

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 2:30 pm

PSKill

Run Program>pskill winword
Run Program>pskill DataKeeper.exe

marois999 · Post by **marois999** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 2:51 pm

Thanks, Armstrong.

I used the following line because I'm running Win XP Pro:

Run Program>C:\Windows\System32\Taskkill.exe /F /IM DATAKEEPER.exe

It works like a charm!

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 3:28 pm

Kill works good. Another very useful utility to do that is PrcView.
PrcView is freeware and does more than just kill.

PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information. PrcView comes with a command line version that allows you to write scripts to check if a process is running, kill it, etc.

You could also use PrcView to see if that server process was running or had stopped vs. checking how long since the log file had been modified.

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 3:59 pm

Hi marois999,

You're welcome. Glad to know it works to your satisfaction.

Hi Bob,

Personally, I prefer Sysinternals' Process Explorer. It's free

. It's updated frequently and includes a 64-bit version. You'll love it.

Happy scripting.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:14 pm

When the only tool you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail.

Thanks armsys. I already have some of the SysInternals packages. Especially like RegMon and FileMon when installing new programs.

One of the reasons I mention PrcView is the command line ability, plus runs on Win9X as well as NT systems. Lots of tools out there, we will all have our own favorites. At least we get to share our experiences here.

Delete a Process in Windows Task Manager?

Delete a Process in Windows Task Manager?

Thanks - It works!