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?

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Example: taskkill /im somecorporateprocess.exe You can also do this to ' force ' kill: Example: taskkill /f /im somecorporateprocess.exe Just add one line per process you want to kill, save it as a .bat file, …

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

Mar 17, 2017 · TaskKill should do the job. you can write in the exact name of the task to kill, i.e. to kill all firefox processes C:\>Taskkill /IM firefox.exe /F or you can check the PID of specific task by writing …