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Windows Command Line: Tasklist Taskkill

Windows Command Line: Tasklist Taskkill In this tutorial I will show you how to use the CMD Line to view & also how to kill applications or processes running on your Windows XP system.

To list processes type:
tasklist

To kill processes type:
taskkill

While using the taskkill command you will need to define how to kill it by image name or by process id.

for example.
image name.
taskkill runningapp.exe

process id.
taskkill 0134

If you would like to see what options you have available for a command type:
name of commnad /?

then hit enter or return for a listing.

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