Cannot end Windows 7 process, even tried pskill
2013-10
Chris
I am having a problem where processes are hanging and absolutely refuse to die. I have tried using the task manager and pskill from the console (with admin rights) and while the program will state that it has killed the process it still remains and I cannot open a second process. This has happened with Opera and Truecrypt.
Operating system is Windows 7 Professional (64-bit). Rebooting the computer clears the hung process.
I also tried using a program called Ultimate Process Detail & Killer, which didn't help either.
grawity
Try the debugger:
ntsd -p <pid> -c qProcesses can be unkillable if they are waiting for an I/O or similar operation to finish ("uninterruptible sleep") (see also [1])
or if they are already dead (aka "zombie processes" in Unix).
The Old New Thing: Why do some process stay in Task Manager after they've been killed?
Indrek
Use the following command:
Taskkill /IM **.exe /F
Simon
Space Tornado Killer might do the trick, as I have it installed on my PC.
Space Tornado Killer is a free Windows utility that allows you to end/kill multiple running Windows processes at once, with one click of a button. Hold down Ctrl and click to select one, two, three or any number of processes. Then simply click Kill Selected or hit F4 to end all the selected processes at once.
This utility is designed to complement Task Manager, not replace it.
For further details & to download
Manga Lee
How can I kill a process from the command prompt on Windows NT? Preferably with a tool that comes with the operating system.
Dave Webb
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.
Tanguy
To kill process with children (like apache), from Windows XP to Windows Seven :
TASKKILL /T /F /PID 4520
beggs
There are a couple of choices:
KILL Command
kill process name or id
or
kill -f process name or id
AT Utility
at time /interactive cmd /c kill -f process name or id
And of course
Reboot :-)