Click: How to Kill a Process in Command Prompt

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Part 1of 2:

Viewing Processes Currently Running on Your Computer

1. Start Task Manager. Press theCtrlkey, the?Shiftkey, and theEsckey in consecutive order at the same time to open Task Manager.
2. View the names of the running processes and identify the problematic process. Click the Processes tab in Task Manager and find the name of the process that you want to kill.
   • Windows 8/8.1 users should click the Details tab.
   • If a program that is currently running on your screen is frozen and you want to kill it, an easy way to find its name is to click the Applications tab (Processes tab in Windows 8/8.1), right click the window's name, then click Go to process ( Go to details in Windows 8/8.1).
   • If the Task Manager window does not display any tabs, double-click in the indicated space in the window to show them.

Part 2of 2:

Killing Processes Currently Running on Your Computer

1. Open the Start menu. Press the?Winkey.
2. Start Command Prompt as an Administrator. Right click the first result that appears in the Start menu and click Run as Administrator .
   • If a User Account Control dialog appears, clickYeson it.
3. Type taskkill /f /im into Command Prompt.
4. Space at least once after completing the previous step, type a quotation mark, type the name of the process you want to kill, then type another quotation mark to top it off.
5. Kill the process. Press the?Enterkey.
   • Command Prompt should display a message similar to SUCCESS: The process "example.exe" with PID 0000 has been terminated .