On windows server, whenever we start any application like SAP or Database, operating system creates a process for an executable file.
Windows assign the PID (process Id) which is unique identification to each process.
As an administrator you might need to kill a process at multiple instances.
Although there are multiple ways to perform this task like using task manager or command prompt with taskkill command,Today in this article we will discuss how we can use Powershell to kill the windows process.
- Open Powershell with user with admin rights.
- To get the list of processes running on the server, enter the command
Get-ProcessOutput will be displayed as below:
PS C:\Users\username> Get-process
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- -----------
445 20 9392 5680 2.45 8900 1 AcroRd32
512 55 46588 11444 16.75 18328 1 AcroRd32
595 33 31516 27800 6.17 6504 1 ApplicationFrameHost
456 62 14064 6724 4220 0 AppVClient
322 25 47084 11988 2.58 2736 1 AppVStreamingUX
149 9 1608 1348 4012 0 armsvc
700 26 92364 89204 1,940.78 24608 0 audiodg
166 10 4640 4328 0.09 24832 1 bash
2850 48 44800 41692 53.22 32396 1 ShellExperienceHost
205 11 2440 2824 2424 1 shtctky
894 23 14080 29184 62.22 7524 1 sihost
52 3 508 308 420 0 smss
699 40 19064 28480 46.53 12204 1 SnippingTool
179 13 4452 5920 0.06 33428 1 splwow64
442 22 6872 6268 4052 0 spoolsv
125 9 3956 3244 0.02 34464 1 ssh-pageant
404 11 3760 5012 456 0 svchost
1512 18 11228 12516 504 0 svchost
84 5 1088 1172 940 0 svchost
1067 25 18012 23468 972 0 svchost
499 19 4836 4396 1288 0 svchost
148 9 2000 2240 1296 0 svchost
196 12 1912 3048 1308 0 svchost
173 47 9664 3664 1316 0 svchost
211 9 2420 3636 1428 0 svchost
193 12 2320 4464 1488 0 svchost
238 14 3888 4956 1496 0 svchost
152 9 2308 4388 1504 0 svchost
120 9 1764 1784 1672 0 svchost
565 34 11340 10720 1744 0 svchost
490 14 17580 11568 1752 0 svchost
178 10 1888 2108 1904 0 svchost
388 18 5368 8620 1948 0 svchost
190 9 1852 2544 2364 0 svchost
414 18 7404 9704 2376 0 svchost
161 45 2268 2364 2420 0 svchost
853 11 4432 5976 2448 0 svchost
274 15 3428 4128 2552 0 svchost
207 12 2248 2964 2656 0 svchost
296 7 1552 1636 2692 0 svchost
213 11 2780 5084 2700 0 svchost
446 10 3320 4592 2708 0 svchost
310 10 3232 5024 2752 0 svchost
175 10 1976 3500 2800 0 svchost
158 9 1936 3224 2820 0 svchost
248 15 2616 2492 2904 0 svchost
445 22 8096 21768 22.17 2916 1 svchost
208 14 2348 4904 2952 0 svchost
214 12 2940 4968 2976 0 svchost
242 13 4592 7528 3016 0 svchost
1951 20 33180 28188 3116 0 svchost
450 19 3564 6048 3208 0 svchost
432 14 4204 8448 3308 0 svchostNow suppose we need to kill the process SnippingTool, we will kill the process by it’s process ID.
Here PID for SnippingTool is 12204, we can use below comdlet to kill the process.
Stop-Process -ID PID -Force
In our case,
Stop-Process -ID 12204 -ForceIf we need to kill process by it’s name, use below command:
Stop-Process -Name "ProcessName" -Force
In our case,
Stop-Process -Name "SnippingTool" -Force