Microsoft DOS tskill command
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About tskill
Availability
Syntax
Examples
About tskill
Allows a user running Microsoft Windows XP
home to kill a task from a MS-DOS prompt.
Availability
The tskill command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.
Windows XP Home
Tip: Windows XP
professional or later versions of Windows should use the taskkill command.
Syntax
TSKILL processid | processname [/SERVER:servername] [/ID:sessionid | /A]
[/V]
processid |
Process ID for the process to
be terminated. |
processname |
Process name to be
terminated. |
/SERVER:servername |
Server containing processID (default is current).
/ID or /A must
be specified when using processname and /SERVER |
/ID:sessionid |
End process running
under the specified session. |
/A |
End process running under ALL
sessions. |
/V |
Display information about actions being performed. |
Examples
tskill notepad /V
Kills the open notepad task, if
open and displays a message similar to: End Process(1328) |