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  1. CMD what does /im (taskkill)? - Stack Overflow

    Jan 14, 2014 · I just read the following command: taskkill /f /im something.exe I read that /f forces the task to close, but what does /im do?

  2. Really killing a process in Windows - Stack Overflow

    Sep 8, 2008 · 294 taskkill /im myprocess.exe /f The "/f" is for "force". If you know the PID, then you can specify that, as in: taskkill /pid 1234 /f Lots of other options are possible, just type taskkill /? for all of …

  3. windows - Taskkill /f doesn't kill a process - Stack Overflow

    Sep 21, 2012 · When I did taskkill /IM "process_name" /T /F part of the response was: (child process of PID xxxx) so I checked that PID and it was explorer.exe, restarting it solved my issue.

  4. kill all processes with taskkill by username but exclude some processes

    kill all processes with taskkill by username but exclude some processes Ask Question Asked 9 years, 4 months ago Modified 7 years ago

  5. cmd.exe - Tasklist shows process but taskkill is unable to kill it ...

    Tasklist shows process but taskkill is unable to kill it, even as admin Ask Question Asked 8 years, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 3 months ago

  6. process - On Windows, how can I gracefully ask a running program to ...

    Aug 19, 2015 · taskkill.exe You can use taskkill.exe. (Source.) It's part of Windows. To terminate the process with process ID 1234: taskkill /pid 1234 To terminate Windows Notepad: taskkill /im …

  7. windows - Taskkill harming things or not? - Super User

    Apr 29, 2023 · Taskkill lets me close chrome or other things while still doing what I am doing. I am not closing windows services as far as I know. I do use taskkill to close MMC when I do task scheduler …

  8. Difference between taskkill and taskkill /f - Stack Overflow

    Sep 2, 2015 · On Microsoft Technet I can read that taskkill has a /f parameter to kill a process forcefully. I wonder what this does internally, to understand the impact of such an action. taskkill (without /f)...

  9. How to remotely close/kill application on ms windows

    Dec 8, 2015 · You can run this command from cmd or the start menu: taskkill /f /im name.exe This also has a /S parameter to allow you to set the system to connect to. So you will be able to: taskkill /s …

  10. How to kill a particular process(excel.exe) from command line?

    May 2, 2016 · The below is the proper syntax to be used from command prompt to close various tasks: taskkill /F /IM excel.exe, taskkill /F /IM iexplorer.exe, taskkill /F /IM notepad.exe, Where /F is used to …