Windows – How to kill a process from the command prompt on Windows NT

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How can I kill a process from the command prompt on Windows NT? Preferably with a tool that comes with the operating system.

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If you had XP or later you could use TASKKILL. This on not NT though.

I think you're going to have to download something to do this. I'd recommend pskill from Sysinternals.

You can use this either with a process ID or just with a process name. For example:

pskill notepad.exe

Another option is KILL from the NT Resource Kit.

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Windows Command Line – How to Kill a Process with Specific Command Line

In Windows XP you can do this easily using WMIC, the WMI Console. From a command prompt, type the following:

wmic Path win32_process Where "CommandLine Like '%-jar selenium-server.jar%'" Call Terminate

Edit:

I replaced the alias 'process' by it full path ('path win32_process') as is Aviator's port. Note: This alias may not be declared on every OS.

Windows XP – How to Kill a Process with Local Admin Privileges

at 16:44 /Interactive taskmgr.exe

This would add a job to the scheduler to run the taskmgr.exe at 16:44. Select your time about 1 minute in the future from current time. The taskmgr.exe would run with the System account which has additional privileges. See if it works.

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