Kill command in windows

[Neo]

Is there a CLI equivalent of the kill command for windows?
I googled for this and got http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm which looks ok.
But I was wondering if therer were any Windows "tricks" to do this?

[AR]

http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips446.html
eg. taskkill /IM "iexplore.exe"

[Neo]

Thanks a lot AR.
BTW I think the command is tskill. taskill did not work for me (I think it does for some other versions of windows though)

[AR]

TASKKILL works on WindowsXP, don't know about other versions (Note that there are 2 Ks, not one)

[Neo]

Oh! I was trying out "TASKILL" (missed a K there).
Yeah it does work but "TSKILL" looks like it has more options.

[Tora OS]

Oh! I was trying out "TASKILL" (missed a K there).
Yeah it does work but "TSKILL" looks like it has more options.

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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>TSKILL /?
Ends a process.

TSKILL processid | processname [/SERVER:servername] [/ID:sessionid | /A] [/

  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.

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C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>TASKKILL /?

TASKKILL [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]]
         { [/FI filter] [/PID processid | /IM imagename] } [/T] [/F]

Description:
    This tool is used to terminate tasks by process id (PID) or image name

Parameter List:
    /S    system           Specifies the remote system to connect to.

    /U    [domain\]user    Specifies the user context under which the
                           command should execute.

    /P    [password]       Specifies the password for the given user
                           context. Prompts for input if omitted.

    /FI   filter           Applies a filter to select a set of tasks.
                           Allows "*" to be used. ex. imagename eq acme*

    /PID  processid        Specifies the PID of the process to be terminat
                           Use TaskList to get the PID.

    /IM   imagename        Specifies the image name of the process
                           to be terminated. Wildcard '*' can be used
                           to specify all tasks or image names.

    /T                     Terminates the specified process and any
                           child processes which were started by it.

    /F                     Specifies to forcefully terminate the process(e

    /?                     Displays this help message.

Filters:
    Filter Name   Valid Operators           Valid Value(s)
    -----------   ---------------           -------------------------
    STATUS        eq, ne                    RUNNING |
                                            NOT RESPONDING | UNKNOWN
    IMAGENAME     eq, ne                    Image name
    PID           eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le    PID value
    SESSION       eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le    Session number.
    CPUTIME       eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le    CPU time in the format
                                            of hh:mm:ss.
                                            hh - hours,
                                            mm - minutes, ss - seconds
    MEMUSAGE      eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le    Memory usage in KB
    USERNAME      eq, ne                    User name in [domain\]user
                                            format
    MODULES       eq, ne                    DLL name
    SERVICES      eq, ne                    Service name
    WINDOWTITLE   eq, ne                    Window title

    NOTE
    ----
    1) Wildcard '*' for /IM switch is accepted only when a filter is appli
    2) Termination of remote processes will always be done forcefully (/F)
    3) "WINDOWTITLE" and "STATUS" filters are not considered when a remote
       machine is specified.

Examples:
    TASKKILL /IM notepad.exe
    TASKKILL /PID 1230 /PID 1241 /PID 1253 /T
    TASKKILL /F /IM cmd.exe /T
    TASKKILL /F /FI "PID ge 1000" /FI "WINDOWTITLE ne untitle*"
    TASKKILL /F /FI "USERNAME eq NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /IM notepad.exe
    TASKKILL /S system /U domain\username /FI "USERNAME ne NT*" /IM *
    TASKKILL /S system /U username /P password /FI "IMAGENAME eq note*"

It looks to me that TASKKILL has more options...

I've used Taskkill various times on TelNet to kill something on my server, or just to play with.

[Neo]

yup your'e right.

[TheUnbeliever]

Taskill - works on XP Home but you have to get it on there - it doesn't ship with it by default, tskill comes with XP Home and Professional.

[mystran]

Isn't there also the good old KILL.EXE in some utilities pack or something that you could download from microsoft.