XP: kill a Windows process
XP: kill a Windows process from the command line with taskkill If you know the name of a process to kill, for example notepad.exe, use the following command from a command prompt to end it: taskkill /IM notepad.exe This will cause the program to terminate gracefully, asking for confirmation if there are unsaved changes. To forcefully kill the same process, add the /F option to the command line. ..