mattb 0 #1 February 10, 2003 How do I kill a runaway process in Windows? Is this possible? I know how to use the task manager but often it says "access denied" if I try to kill a hung program. TIA - Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #2 February 10, 2003 when all else fails...cut it off, then re-boot it! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #3 February 10, 2003 I don't think there's any way to just flush the address space of a program in Windows. What you could do is you could look at the individual threads in the manager, you might find the one that's doing all that crap and kill that. Or find the thread that locked the other thread. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #4 February 10, 2003 Err - which version of windows? Most modern versions, you can CTL-ALT-DEL, then select task manager, click the "process tab" and say "end process"Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #5 February 10, 2003 A lot of system treads can not be released and thats why you are getting the message about those. Don't worry about those and kill the rest.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattb 0 #6 February 10, 2003 Only in Windows is Media Player a system thread. I mistakenly let Windows Media Player update itself and now it fails to open about 50% of video clips and hangs forever. arggghhhh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #7 February 10, 2003 hehe, rolling with good ole MP 6.4 for that very reason -- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AirMail 0 #8 February 11, 2003 If you go to the Task Manager and find the offending task, you can right click on the task. Say Debug instead of End Task. It will take you to debug the task and kill it anyway even if you don't have access. Patrick-- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #9 February 11, 2003 Quote How do I kill a runaway process in Windows? Is this possible? I know how to use the task manager but often it says "access denied" if I try to kill a hung program. TIA - Matt Check the resource kit. There is a command line "kill" command. If you can't find it, I'll send it to you. Does exactly what you want it to do. Instead of kill -9, it's kill -f it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattb 0 #10 February 11, 2003 Quote Check the resource kit. There is a command line "kill" command. If you can't find it, I'll send it to you. Does exactly what you want it to do. Instead of kill -9, it's kill -f Years ago (Win NT) you could just download the resource kit. Now after searching the web site I'm confused - is it a product you buy or a series of downloads that are poorly organized? http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/default.asp doesn't list a kill command Thanks for sending it if possible. Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #11 February 11, 2003 the resource kit - they have some you can download, but to get everything you have to buy it. I was slightly confused as to why 'kill' wasn't there anymore, or listed as one of the tools on the 'paid for version' Evidently it's now called 'pskill' and it's included in win2k. There's also 'pslist' which is a command line way to list running processes. If those don't work, I have the old version of kill and tlist that I've continued to use on win2k and I can send on. Try pskill first though. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skeletor 0 #12 February 11, 2003 Get a copy of pskill from sysinternals.com http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pskill.shtml It allows you to kill a task by the PID, and it works for processes running as services. Rich. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #13 February 11, 2003 QuoteGet a copy of pskill from sysinternals.com http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pskill.shtml It allows you to kill a task by the PID, and it works for processes running as services. Rich. Oh yeah! That's where I got it! Don't you hate when you download stuff and forget you have it or where it came from?it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattb 0 #14 February 11, 2003 QuoteGet a copy of pskill from sysinternals.com http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pskill.shtml It allows you to kill a task by the PID, and it works for processes running as services. Rich. Thank you very much! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #15 February 11, 2003 http://www.sysinternals.com/files/Pstools.zip Get the whole package! It's worth it. (Free) lol It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
