Is there a better "kill" than "End process" in TaskManager?

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Once again I had to notice that the "End process" button in TaskManager does often NOT kill a
running program immediately. This happens only after e.g. 5-10 minutes.

This is inacceptable. It seems to me that this "End process" depends from the
Will for cooperation of the program to kill.

Is there a better kill utility?

Kevin
 
Kevin Yu said:
Once again I had to notice that the "End process" button in TaskManager
does often NOT kill a
running program immediately. This happens only after e.g. 5-10 minutes.

This is inacceptable. It seems to me that this "End process" depends from
the
Will for cooperation of the program to kill.

Is there a better kill utility?

Kevin
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Task Manager always works instantly for me.
Regards Mike.
 
Try this:

1. Click Start - Run
2. Type

taskkill.exe /f /im [Task Name]

E.g.

taskkill.exe /f /im notepad.exe

Hope this help, let us know!
 
Kevin said:
Once again I had to notice that the "End process" button in
TaskManager does often NOT kill a running program immediately. This
happens only after e.g. 5-10 minutes.

This is inacceptable. It seems to me that this "End process"
depends from the
Will for cooperation of the program to kill.

Is there a better kill utility?
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What process is it you are attempting to kill and why are you killing this
process?

If the process is taking up so much time that it does not allow you to kill
it 'instantly' - your PC has other issues you should be worried about and if
you fix those - perhaps you won't be having to use Process Explorer to kill
processes. Better to fix the problem than try and cure a corollary of the
problem.
 
Kevin said:
Once again I had to notice that the "End process" button in
TaskManager does often NOT kill a running program immediately. This
happens only after e.g. 5-10 minutes.

This is inacceptable. It seems to me that this "End process" depends
from the
Will for cooperation of the program to kill.

Is there a better kill utility?

Kevin
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For the most part, that's normal unless you have something corrupted.
As someone mentioned, taskkill.exe can do some of what you want, but ...
beware of forcing kills. There is often a good reason for those delays
(housekeeping) and not allowing that to happen can leave you with not only
an unstable system, but occasionally damage to files.

If it's happening like that 100% of the time, even for simple programs, then
I suggest that you have other problems. I'd go after viruses and
spyware/malware first. It'll almost ALWAYS happen if you're trying to close
a program that's gone south; the system needs to be straightened out
properly, and that's what's happening during the delays.

HTH

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