Windows XP Pocket Reference

Name

Taskkill — \windows\system32\taskkill.exe

Synopsis

Taskkill, included with Windows XP Professional only, is used to end one or more running processes from the command line. Task Manager, described previously, provides a more convenient interface for this function, but Taskkill can be used remotely. Taskkill takes the following command-line parameters:

taskkill [/s system [/u [domain\]username 
   [/p [password]]]] [/pid process_id | /im image] 
   [/f] [/t]

Option	Description
/s system	Specifies the remote system to which to connect.
/u [ domain \] username	Specifies the user context under which to execute.
/p [ password ]	Specifies the password for the specified user.
/f	Forcefully terminates the process.
/pid process_id	Specifies the process ID of the process to be terminated. To obtain the process IDs, use Tasklist (later in this chapter).
/im image	Specifies the image name of the process to be terminated; specify * to terminate all image names.
/t	Terminates the specified process and process tree, which includes any child processes that were started by it.