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A typical Windows operating system runs a lot of processes in order to complete different tasks from UI to notepad, authentication to web surfing. The processes contain code and data about the task. In some cases, these tasks may become unresponsive or we may need to kill them. MS-DOS and PowerShell command prompts provide taskkill … Read more
Windows PowerShell provides different command in order to manage processes. The Stop-Process commandlet can be used to kill or stop processes in Windows using the PowerShell command-line interface. The Stop-Process commandlet can be used to kill a process using the ProcessID or Process Name. Stop-Process Syntax The Stop-Process has the following syntax. -Name PROCESS_NAME is … Read more
When an application or program starts a process is created in order to execute the application and programs. The process also contains program code, system resources, a process ID for identification, etc. Ideally, the process is stopped when the application is closed and exited properly. But in some cases, we may need to kill the … Read more