command to terminate a running program?

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Hi all,

Assume there is Acrobat reader running in my computer. In Windows, is
there any command prompt that allows me to terminate/kill this running
Acrobat Reader?

Thanks
 
| Hi all,
|
| Assume there is Acrobat reader running in my computer. In Windows, is
| there any command prompt that allows me to terminate/kill this running
| Acrobat Reader?
|
| Thanks

The task manager will let you terminate a running program.
Right-click in the task bar and choose "Task Manager"
The choose the program in question and click on "End Task".
This may not be a "command prompt" but just as fast and works.
 
A.E lover said:
Hi all,

Assume there is Acrobat reader running in my computer. In Windows, is
there any command prompt that allows me to terminate/kill this running
Acrobat Reader?

Thanks
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You can stop a process with the task manager or with process explorer.
There surely must be a method to accomplish this task with the command line
processor...
Jim
 
Why do you need to do it from a command prompt?

A safer way than msconfig to remove unwanted start up items is to use
Autoruns.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
about the item selected.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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A.E lover said:
Hi all,

Assume there is Acrobat reader running in my computer. In Windows, is
there any command prompt that allows me to terminate/kill this running
Acrobat Reader?

Thanks
Click to expand...


If this were a computer running XP Professional, I'd use the Taskkill command.

taskkill /IM acrord32.exe

If it was a system running XP Home Edition, I'd download a copy of Pskill from
Microsoft, put a copy in the WINDOWS\System 32 folder, and run this command.

pskill acrord32.exe

PsKill v1.12
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896683.aspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
A.E lover said:
The task manager will let you terminate a running program.
Right-click in the task bar and choose "Task Manager"
The choose the program in question and click on "End Task".
This may not be a "command prompt" but just as fast and works.
Click to expand...

Right. And you may have to click it more than once if the CPU is too
busy. It's the proper way to kill a problem program, in fact.
 
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