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Old 08-20-2008
Ristar
 

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Kill process
Hi,

how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that are
not responding?

so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.

taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
sent, but the process is still not killed.

process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
still wont be killed.

seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
really, really irritating.
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Old 08-20-2008
Richard Urban
 

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Re: Kill process
Kill it through Task Manager. Right click on the process and choose "Kill
Process Tree".

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
> are
> not responding?
>
> so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
>
> taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
> sent, but the process is still not killed.
>
> process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
> still wont be killed.
>
> seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
> really, really irritating.


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Old 08-20-2008
Richard Urban
 

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Re: Kill process
Kill it through Task Manager. Right click on the process and choose "Kill
Process Tree".

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
> are
> not responding?
>
> so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
>
> taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
> sent, but the process is still not killed.
>
> process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
> still wont be killed.
>
> seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
> really, really irritating.


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Old 08-21-2008
Ristar
 

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Re: Kill process
OBVIOUSLY, this doesnt work. heh.

even in XP, and for running programs (the programs that Vista actually lets
me kill) using process explorer or taskkill produces a more immediate effect
than using task manager, which

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Kill it through Task Manager. Right click on the process and choose "Kill
> Process Tree".
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
> > are
> > not responding?
> >
> > so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
> >
> > taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
> > sent, but the process is still not killed.
> >
> > process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
> > still wont be killed.
> >
> > seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
> > really, really irritating.

>
>

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Old 08-21-2008
Ristar
 

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Re: Kill process
OBVIOUSLY, this doesnt work. heh.

even in XP, and for running programs (the programs that Vista actually lets
me kill) using process explorer or taskkill produces a more immediate effect
than using task manager, which

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Kill it through Task Manager. Right click on the process and choose "Kill
> Process Tree".
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
> > are
> > not responding?
> >
> > so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
> >
> > taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
> > sent, but the process is still not killed.
> >
> > process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
> > still wont be killed.
> >
> > seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
> > really, really irritating.

>
>

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Old 08-21-2008
Rick Rogers
 

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Re: Kill process
Hi,

Just a thought, but are you issuing the commands from an elevated prompt?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
> are
> not responding?
>
> so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
>
> taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
> sent, but the process is still not killed.
>
> process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
> still wont be killed.
>
> seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
> really, really irritating.


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Old 08-21-2008
Rick Rogers
 

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Re: Kill process
Hi,

Just a thought, but are you issuing the commands from an elevated prompt?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
> are
> not responding?
>
> so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
>
> taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
> sent, but the process is still not killed.
>
> process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
> still wont be killed.
>
> seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
> really, really irritating.


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Old 08-21-2008
Richard Urban
 

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Re: Kill process
Strange, I have never found a hung process that I can not kill off.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3884817-CEBB-4157-AAEA-8F1293860E60@microsoft.com...
> OBVIOUSLY, this doesnt work. heh.
>
> even in XP, and for running programs (the programs that Vista actually
> lets
> me kill) using process explorer or taskkill produces a more immediate
> effect
> than using task manager, which
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Kill it through Task Manager. Right click on the process and choose "Kill
>> Process Tree".
>>
>> --
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>>
>> "Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
>> > are
>> > not responding?
>> >
>> > so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
>> >
>> > taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has
>> > been
>> > sent, but the process is still not killed.
>> >
>> > process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the
>> > process
>> > still wont be killed.
>> >
>> > seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
>> > really, really irritating.

>>
>>


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Old 08-21-2008
Richard Urban
 

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Re: Kill process
Strange, I have never found a hung process that I can not kill off.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3884817-CEBB-4157-AAEA-8F1293860E60@microsoft.com...
> OBVIOUSLY, this doesnt work. heh.
>
> even in XP, and for running programs (the programs that Vista actually
> lets
> me kill) using process explorer or taskkill produces a more immediate
> effect
> than using task manager, which
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Kill it through Task Manager. Right click on the process and choose "Kill
>> Process Tree".
>>
>> --
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>>
>> "Ristar" <Ristar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:03147F2F-8168-4129-9623-5C54D4BAC1D6@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that
>> > are
>> > not responding?
>> >
>> > so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
>> >
>> > taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has
>> > been
>> > sent, but the process is still not killed.
>> >
>> > process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the
>> > process
>> > still wont be killed.
>> >
>> > seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
>> > really, really irritating.

>>
>>


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Old 08-21-2008
crushablemeg
 

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RE: Kill process
sorry to but in but I am having a similar problem trying to end process on
wmp.exe it will end but then it keeps popping off and on in my list, and I'm
wondering if this is what is causing my PC to hang in shutting down screen?

"Ristar" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> how do i kill a process that froze? ie. Firefox, IE, and all that, that are
> not responding?
>
> so far, i have tried "taskkill /im <pid>", and process explorer.
>
> taskkill always returns a message telling me that a kill command has been
> sent, but the process is still not killed.
>
> process explorer, no matter how many times i try killing it, the process
> still wont be killed.
>
> seriously, this inability to kill processes that are frozen is getting
> really, really irritating.

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