KillProcess

Terminate a Process

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Definition

Use this command to terminate any process.
The command checks all processes currently running and terminates the required process and/or application.

Please note that any unsaved data may be lost!

Settings

Input

Process you want to terminate:
Select the type of process to terminate by clicking an option from the Identify process by pane.

Use either ? or * wildcards to identify a single or multiple characters respectively.

Process Identification

Identify process by:

File name
If you enter, for example, Winword.exe, WinWord will be terminated.
If you enter Winwor*, also Winword will be terminated.

Window name
Enter the caption of the window which is opened by the respective process.
This allows you to terminate a specific process, if the same EXE file was started several times.

If you enter Explorer.exe, the Explorer will be terminated. This command allows you to activate policy changes: After terminating a process, you can modify the respective registry entries (RegLoad, RegModify, etc.) and then restart the Explorer with the Execute command.

Criteria for Process Termination

Terminate processes found:

Terminate first instance only
Only the first process on the list of all running processes will be terminated. If there are several instances of an application, only one will be terminated. In this case, you need to call the command several times

Terminate all processes found
All instances of an application will be terminated.

Options

To terminate child processes:

Also terminate all child processes
Select the box to terminate any associated child processes.

Behavior during uninstallation:

Also execute during uninstallation
Also terminates processes during an uninstallation.