If you know the name of a process to kill, for example notepad. This will cause the program to terminate gracefully, asking for confirmation if there are unsaved changes. To kill a single instance of a process, specify its process id PID. For example, if the desired process has a PID of , use the following command to kill it:. Using filters, a variety of different patterns can be used to specify the processes to kill.
For example, the following filter syntax will forcefully kill all processes owned by the user Quinn:. Your participation helps us to help others. By visiting this site, users agree to our disclaimer. The members, admins, and authors of this website respect your privacy. Rarst Lyndi It's kinda rare of an issue.
I encountered shutdown problems only two or three times overall. And quickest way to solution is using utility or reading log that tells exactly what is wrong. Lyndi I am not experiencing this problem. I must say however that I enjoyed reading how you implemented the process of elimination to solve the problem. Doing things this way is always the quickest way to find a solution.
This was a good lesson for all of us. Rarst Transcontinental Sounds like solution for quite specific cases. Roaming profiles or stuffing registry full are not mainstream yet? I've not had a shutdown problem since 3 years. Vista has this feature built in. Don't know why they did not add this to a XP service pack it's that good. I don't think it's that specific. Install it anyway Rarst to reduce the chances of ever having to figure out whats causing a slow shutdown.
This will not only allow users to log off cleanly, but also allow the problem application to be flagged. Rarst deano fabaza Thanks for extensive comment and suggestion! I have no experience with that utility. Still with frequency of shutdown problems it may take a while before I have a chance to play with it yes, I am writing this so next week starts with PC, or five, unable to shutdown on my table at work. Schedule or prevent Windows shutdown Rarst.
There is another common issue about Windows shutdown — no obvious way to turn it of other [ Rarst paul martin Glad comments were of use to you. At times they surpass post. Rarst nanda kishore Replacing what? Rarst prit Hm, likely some Windows files were mapped to that drive or something.
I had experience with opposite situation - swap file was placed on external drive and without that drive system could not boot.
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