30Jun/10Off
Task Manager workaround: close process in a second
How many times were you clicking "End Process" button in Windows Task Manager hopelessly trying to shutdown a hanging application?
Next time, you can try the following.
- Click "Start" -> Select "Run.."
- Type "cmd" -> Click "OK"
- In OS Shell window appeared, type "taskkill /IM your_program.exe"
A few necessary comments.
TaskKill.exe is Microsoft command line utility. It kills and unloads from memory a process or a process tree entirely and [almost] instantly. It is available in versions from Windows XP and higher. It comes installed by default but may not be accessible by a regular user in your organization. You may also experience security permission issue, depending on privileges of your user account.
