Microsoft DOS taskkill command

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About taskkill

Allows a user running Microsoft Windows XP professional or Windows 2003 to kill a task from a MS-DOS prompt.

Note: Users running Windows XP home edition do not have access to this command.  You will need to use the command tskill .

Availability

The taskkill command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems.

Windows XP Professional
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Syntax

taskkill [/s Computer] [/u Domain/User [/p Password]]] [/fi FilterName] [/pid ProcessID]|[/im ImageName] [/f][/t]

/s computer	Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer (do not use backslashes). The default is the local computer.
/u domain/user	Runs the command with the account permissions of the user specified by User or Domain/User. The default is the permissions of the current logged on user on the computer issuing the command.
/p password	Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter.
/fi FilterName	Specifies the types of process(es) to include in or exclude from termination. The following are valid filter names, operators , and values. Name Operators Value Hostname eq , ne Any valid string. Status eq, ne RUNNING|NOT RESPONDING Imagename eq, ne Any valid string. PID eq, ne, gt , lt , ge , le Any valid positive integer. Session eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le Any valid session number. CPUTime eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le Valid time in the format of hh:mm:ss. The mm and ss parameters should be between 0 and 59 and hh can be any valid unsigned numeric value. Memusage eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le Any valid integer. Username eq, ne Any valid user name ([Domain/]User). Services eq, ne Any valid string. Windowtitle eq, ne Any valid string.
/pid processID	Specifies the process ID of the process to be terminated.
/im ImageName	Specifies the image name of the process to be terminated. Use the wildcard (*) to specify all image names.
/f	Specifies that process(es) be forcefully terminated. This parameter is ignored for remote processes; all remote processes are forcefully terminated.
/t	Specifies to terminate all child processes along with the parent process, commonly known as a tree kill.

Examples

taskkill /f /im notepad.exe

Kills the open notepad task, if open.