Solve : Kill an Application Runing in Windows XP?

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Answer» Hi there, How could I kill an application running on Windows XP from DOS? I make this function on UNIX/Linux using the command Kill, but I don't know who is the command in DOS USED to finish an application (Like Ctrl+Alt+Del). Thankstaskkill /? or if you like vbscript Code: [Select]strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where NAME = 'someprocess.exe'") For Each objProcess in colProcessList objProcess.Terminate() Next ghostdog, he said how to do it from DOS. And simple answer: Code: [Select]taskkill /f iexplore.exeThat would FORCE Internet Explorer to end (just like if you End Process in Task Manager)Quote from: Dark Blade on June 18, 2007, 05:22:49 PM ghostdog, he said how to do it from DOS. DOS prompt type: cscript myscript.vbs , or he can save this command in a batch file, then run the batch.. or he can just type taskkill BLAH blah... all from DOS..Well, he'd have to make the vbscript first, so it's not all from DOS (then again, he could just add text to the file from DOS... ). And my thing is simple, one step. But if you like vbscript...Quote from: Dark Blade on June 18, 2007, 05:39:20 PM Well, he'd have to make the vbscript first, so it's not all from DOS (then again, he could just add text to the file from DOS... ). And my thing is simple, one step. But if you like vbscript... hey kid, does it matter? i quote myself Quote taskkill /? or if you like vbscript see the one in red?.. I am telling OP if he likes vbscript , he can use it.OK then. I think that he's got his question answered, at least. So you don't have to reply to this thread any more.Quote So you don't have to reply to this thread any more. sorry, but i will still reply if he encountered problems and if i think i know how to solve it. It's command prompt. Not DOS.OK, Command Propmt it is I'm just saying DOS because the OP said DOS, and mightn't know the difference (i.e. using CMD but calling it DOS).

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Hi there, How could I kill an application running on Windows XP from DOS? I make this function on UNIX/Linux using the command Kill, but I don't know who is the command in DOS USED to finish an application (Like Ctrl+Alt+Del).

Thankstaskkill /?
or if you like vbscript
Code: [Select]strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where NAME = 'someprocess.exe'")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
objProcess.Terminate()
Next
ghostdog, he said how to do it from DOS.

And simple answer:

Code: [Select]taskkill /f iexplore.exeThat would FORCE Internet Explorer to end (just like if you End Process in Task Manager)Quote from: Dark Blade on June 18, 2007, 05:22:49 PM

ghostdog, he said how to do it from DOS.

DOS prompt type:
cscript myscript.vbs , or he can save this command in a batch file, then run the batch.. or he can just type taskkill BLAH blah... all from DOS..Well, he'd have to make the vbscript first, so it's not all from DOS (then again, he could just add text to the file from DOS... ).

And my thing is simple, one step. But if you like vbscript...Quote from: Dark Blade on June 18, 2007, 05:39:20 PM

Well, he'd have to make the vbscript first, so it's not all from DOS (then again, he could just add text to the file from DOS... ).

And my thing is simple, one step. But if you like vbscript...

hey kid, does it matter? i quote myself
Quote

taskkill /?
or if you like vbscript

see the one in red?.. I am telling OP if he likes vbscript , he can use it.OK then. I think that he's got his question answered, at least.

So you don't have to reply to this thread any more.Quote

So you don't have to reply to this thread any more.

sorry, but i will still reply if he encountered problems and if i think i know how to solve it. It's command prompt. Not DOS.OK, Command Propmt it is I'm just saying DOS because the OP said DOS, and mightn't know the difference (i.e. using CMD but calling it DOS).

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