You can use the variables and operators with the /FI filtering flag. The real power of taskkill are the filtering options that allow you to use the following variables and operators. When you specify the PID only the specific instane of firefox will be terminated. If you have multiple instances of an image open such as multiple firefox.exe processes, running the taskkill /IM firefox.exe command will kill all instances. One example is whenever I want to kill the explorer.exe process I have to use the /F flag or else the process just does not terminate. Failure to use the /F flag will result in nothing happening in some cases. The /f flag is kills the process forcefully. If you want to kill the firefox process run: C:\>Taskkill /IM firefox.exe /F In the example above you can see the image name and the PID for each process. Open up an Administrative level Command Prompt and run tasklist to see all of the running processes: C:\>tasklist You can kill a process by the process ID (PID) or by image name (EXE filename). Additionally, killing processes in Command Prompt provides much more control and the ability to end multiple processes at once.Īll of this is possible with the TaskKill command. This method is effective but not nearly as fun as killing a process in Command Prompt. Regular problems with this entry could indicate a hardware problem.I'm sure you are familiar with the traditional way to kill or end a process in Windows using Task Manager. If you need to restart System (maybe when troubleshooting high CPU usage), you should reboot your computer normally. Since vital drivers like accessing your disks and USB devices rely on System doing its job, closing it will lock up your system and require a hard reboot. You can imagine the consequences if you were to terminate this. System handles tasks at the kernel level, such as hosting drivers to make sure that software can communicate with hardware. That's because it's vitally important to the internals of your device. Windows won't let you kill the confusingly named System entry through the Task Manager. In later versions of Windows, right-click one and choose Properties to see its executable name. If you're using Windows 7, you'll see the executable file names. Note: The newer Task Manager in Windows 8.1 and later refers to most system entries with friendly names, like Windows Logon Application instead of winlogon.exe.
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