Solve : Kill an application.?

1.	Solve : Kill an application.?
Answer» Win XP Home/Pro. Using TSKILL.exe for XP Home or TASKKILL.exe for Pro how can I kill an application which does not appear in the Processes list of TASK manager? e.g. It's quite easy to kill Notepad as it appears in both the APPLICATIONS and Processes list but some other programs only show in the Applications list in Task Manager. ThanksHow do you want to stop something what is not running?Sorry Broni - ANOTHER blonde day. The application is named "Project 1" but the process is named "ipcountrylookup" and I tried to kill the application name. Oops & thanks.Still unclear. What is "Project 1" program? Does "Project 1" run process called "ipcountrylookup"? Is process "ipcountrylookup" visible in Task Manager? What exactly are you trying to do? Uninstall unwanted application?Quote Does "Project 1" run process called "ipcountrylookup"? YES, but I had expected to find mention of either Project 1 or Ipcountrylookup in both the Applications and Processes sections of Task Manager. This didn't happen and I thought that the application Project 1 was running without a corresponding process. Quote Is process "ipcountrylookup" visible in Task Manager? Yes, in the Processes SECTION. Project 1 appears in Task Manager Applications. Quote What exactly are you trying to do? Understand how to stop the execution of a program using Tskill or Taskkill. Quote Uninstall unwanted application? No, Have Revo to do that. Thanks for your interest. V.project 1 is a generic application name used by visual basic. Chances are the author didn't change the project name. However, the process name may be entirely different. have you tried right-clicking the Project1 application in Task manager and selecting "go to process"? If an application doesn't appear in either the processes or applications tab, then you are either looking for the wrong name or the program isn't running. Quote from: BC_P project 1 is a generic application name used by visual basic. Chances are the author didn't change the project name. However, the process name may be entirely different. have you tried right-clicking the Project1 application in Task manager and selecting "go to process"? Spot on BC_P, that's exactly what happens, R.clicking Project 1>Go to Process takes me to ipcountrylookup.exe Seems that if I want Taskkill to work the correct process name must be known in advance, but that's no big deal. Thank you. V.

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Win XP Home/Pro.

Using TSKILL.exe for XP Home or TASKKILL.exe for Pro how can I kill an application which does not appear in the Processes list of TASK manager?

e.g. It's quite easy to kill Notepad as it appears in both the APPLICATIONS and Processes list but some other programs only show in the Applications list in Task Manager.

ThanksHow do you want to stop something what is not running?Sorry Broni - ANOTHER blonde day. The application is named "Project 1" but the process is named "ipcountrylookup" and I tried to kill the application name.

Oops & thanks.Still unclear.
What is "Project 1" program?
Does "Project 1" run process called "ipcountrylookup"?
Is process "ipcountrylookup" visible in Task Manager?
What exactly are you trying to do? Uninstall unwanted application?Quote

Does "Project 1" run process called "ipcountrylookup"?

YES, but I had expected to find mention of either Project 1 or Ipcountrylookup in both the Applications and Processes sections of Task Manager. This didn't happen and I thought that the application Project 1 was running without a corresponding process.

Quote

Is process "ipcountrylookup" visible in Task Manager?

Yes, in the Processes SECTION. Project 1 appears in Task Manager Applications.

Quote

What exactly are you trying to do?

Understand how to stop the execution of a program using Tskill or Taskkill.

Quote

Uninstall unwanted application?

No, Have Revo to do that.

Thanks for your interest.

V.project 1 is a generic application name used by visual basic. Chances are the author didn't change the project name. However, the process name may be entirely different.

have you tried right-clicking the Project1 application in Task manager and selecting "go to process"?

If an application doesn't appear in either the processes or applications tab, then you are either looking for the wrong name or the program isn't running.

Quote from: BC_P

project 1 is a generic application name used by visual basic. Chances are the author didn't change the project name. However, the process name may be entirely different.

have you tried right-clicking the Project1 application in Task manager and selecting "go to process"?

Spot on BC_P, that's exactly what happens, R.clicking Project 1>Go to Process takes me to ipcountrylookup.exe

Seems that if I want Taskkill to work the correct process name must be known in advance, but that's no big deal.

Thank you.

V.

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