•Arnošt Havelka
Process Mgmt
View and kill running tasks with tasklist and taskkill.
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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.
Try the command
List active tasks!
Build the command
tasklist
Terminal
C:\Users\User>tasklist /fi "STATUS eq RUNNING" /v
2. Taskkill
Ends one or more tasks or processes. Use with caution!
Try the command
Force close Notepad!
Build the command
taskkill
Terminal
C:\Users\User>taskkill /im notepad.exe /pid 1234 /f
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?
References
These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.