•Arnošt Havelka
Process Mgmt
View and kill running tasks with tasklist and taskkill.
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Process Management
Just like Task Manager, but for the CLI. tasklist sees what's running, and taskkill stops it.
1. Tasklist
Displays a list of currently running processes on the local computer or on a remote computer.
Usage:tasklist
[/fi "filter"]
[/v]
/fi
Displays a set of tasks that match a given criteria.
/v
Displays verbose task information.
2. Taskkill
Ends one or more tasks or processes. Use with caution!
Usage:taskkill
[/im filename]
[/pid processid]
[/f]
/im
Specifies the image name of the process to terminate.
/pid
Specifies the Process ID of the process to terminate.
/f
Forcefully terminates the process (ignores warnings).
Real-World Scenario: Killing Unresponsive Apps
Sometimes an app hangs and you can't click "Close".
- Find the process ID (PID)
- Kill it.
Command Prompt
C:\Users\User>tasklist | find "notepad"
Command Prompt
C:\Users\User>taskkill /pid 5420 /f
Knowledge Check
1 / 3Which command LISTS running processes?