Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers.
Want to improve this question? Update the question so it's on-topic for Stack Overflow.
Closed 9 years ago.
Improve this question
Is there a reliable equivalent of xkill for Windows?
For those who don't know what xkill is: it is a Unix tool which basically kills the process of any windows you click on.
A Windows port can be downloaded here.
Windows xkill.
Disclaimer:
I got it from google and I haven't tried it.
Update: Process Explorer has a window Finder function. Very useful to locate a window.
taskkill /im ProcessName.exe /f
The "f" is for "force".
PSKILL from the SysInternals suite is very handy. PSLIST and PSINFO are related tools. You can view the entire Sysinternals Live tools directory in a browser at http://live.sysinternals.com. , or download a ZIP file from here.
To kill process based on its window, install Process Explorer (from the Sysinternals). It got the option to find window's process by dragging over the window.
There is WinKill. Does exactly that and it's free. Rightckick -> Kill to get rid of hidden processes too.
Related
Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers.
This question does not appear to be about a specific programming problem, a software algorithm, or software tools primarily used by programmers. If you believe the question would be on-topic on another Stack Exchange site, you can leave a comment to explain where the question may be able to be answered.
Closed 7 years ago.
Improve this question
I installed Windows Server 2003 on one of my machines. It was a long back machine and the OS was also installed long back. Its RAM is 4GB.
Until 4 days back the machine was fine and providing services. But recently its graphics got problem. Only command prompt is working. If I open Windows Explorer through "explorer.exe" through command prompt, the window gets opened but no graphics would be displayed. It is showing black desktop.
The machine is currently running as a development server. Could anyone please suggest and help me in making the machine run perfectly?
Somehow I found the answer. I killed the process explorer.exe with the help of below commands
> tasklist
> TaskKill /F /IM explorer.exe
and started the process with the below command
> explorer.exe
It should resolve the issue at this point. If not, logoff the machine and login back. It should definitely show the result.
Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers.
This question does not appear to be about a specific programming problem, a software algorithm, or software tools primarily used by programmers. If you believe the question would be on-topic on another Stack Exchange site, you can leave a comment to explain where the question may be able to be answered.
Closed 7 years ago.
Improve this question
I changed my icons using 'IcoPackager' to Mac theme and then I uninstalled the IcoPackager, and when I installed it to remove those icons, it says my trial has expired, can you help me out?
Every single icon in my Windows 7 Ultimate, 32-bit laptop is now fked up with Mac Icons.
Yes try system restore but if you don't want to i'm pretty sure there are programs out there that will help you get your files back. you could try a program called Icon Cache Re-builder.
another way to do it is with cmd, here are some step by step instructions i made to fix it.
Close and save anything that you are working on. This command will kill explorer and restart the computer when completed.
Open a command prompt in Windows 7 or Windows 8.
In the command prompt, Copy and paste each command line below exactly as is one at a time and press enter after each command.
ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
DEL "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" /A
shutdown /r /f /t 00
The IconCache.db file has now been rebuilt and your computer should all be back to normal
Nothing above worked, I just copied the C:\Windows\system32\imageres.dll from my fathers 64bit PC to my 32bit Laptop, and I replaced it with mine and rebooted my computer and everything worked fine!
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers.
Want to improve this question? Update the question so it's on-topic for Stack Overflow.
Closed 10 years ago.
Improve this question
I need to automate the updating/installation of MS patches in some remote machines.
I can't use MDT because there is already a different subsystem handling mass software/patch distribution on all the workstations.
Therefore the easiest/fastest way would be to connect with a script to each machine and run a command (if it exists) that would start updating the system just as if a user had clicked Control Panel/Windows Update/Update now...
I searched and found the wuauclt utility which I try to run on a machine and check if it works and it just doesn't do anything.
I tried doing
wuauclt /a /detectnow
and then
wuauclt /r
It doesn't report that "The command does not exist" or anything like that. It just doesn't output anything at all and I see no updates being installed in the background.
Any ideas?
I read this article yesterday, I think it might be able to help you. Please give it a look and let me know if it helps.
http://www.ehow.com/how_8724332_use-powershell-run-windows-updates.html
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers.
Want to improve this question? Update the question so it's on-topic for Stack Overflow.
Closed 10 years ago.
Improve this question
I play some older games that require ending the process explorer.exe. This is fine, except I want a way to start explorer.exe back up when I am done playing. I thought to use this:
^#e::
Run, explorer.exe
Return
The weird thing is that when I run this, it opens one window in the "Libraries". However, when I open the task manager and Start new process --> explorer.exe, then everything comes back (desktop, taskbar, all of it).
Why does autohotkey's run, explorer.exe not do the same thing? How can I make it start explorer.exe so I get everything back, like I did with the task manager?
UPDATE: The solution is to put %windir%\explorer.exe. This is my final code, and it works properly.
#e::
Run, %windir%\explorer.exe
Return
Did you try running it using start.exe? i.e. Run, start explorer.exe
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers.
Want to improve this question? Update the question so it's on-topic for Stack Overflow.
Closed 11 years ago.
Improve this question
In windows 7 when you click start...then the shut down button. what program is it calling to do the work?
You can always use where.exe to find things like this:
C:\>where shutdown.exe
C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe
There is a command-line process "shutdown.exe" which is generally the go-to for programmatic shutdowns/restarts.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491003.aspx
This does the actual shutting down. The various windows or dialogs you see asking you to choose how you want to shut down (shut down, sleep, hibernate, restart, log off) and/or asking you to confirm you want to do what you said you did are just part of the taskbar/start menu program, explorer.exe (which is also the Windows Explorer executable).
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe
Though this is definitely not a Stack Overflow question.