Looping TASKKILL

[Caml Light]

Hi guys, i need to loop the taskkill command until the process is killed (this process is hard to kill ). Starting from:

TASKKILL /F /IM process.exe /T

What is the easiest and effective way to do it? Thank you in advance!

[tomasz86]

You didn't say which Windows is that.

This should work in 2000/XP/2003:

:TASKKILL
TASKKILL /F /IM process.exe /T
FOR /F %%I IN ('tasklist ^| FINDSTR/I "process.exe"') DO IF DEFINED %%I GOTO :TASKKILL

[allen2]

Killing the process one time should be enough even if it takes a long time so no need to loop on the taskkill step.

You need to first launch taskkill in another process using something like "start /high /separate".

Then you need to loop on tasklist until the process doesn't exist anymore:

:loop
rem ping -n 5 localhost
tasklist /fi  "IMAGENAME eq process.exe" |findstr /i process.exe
if %errorlevel% eq 0 goto loop else goto :next
:next

This code will work but it will also loop too fast and increase the load of the computer so i added a sleep (ping -n ) you should uncomment.

[gunsmokingman]

Here is a vbs script that loops 12 times at 5 second intervals and if Notepad is open will closed it.

I have scripted this to run using Cscript.exe

Save As TaskKilllProcess.vbs

'-> This code is property of Gunsmokingman and Or Jake1Eye and you must have his permission to use.'-> This is only posted as example code and meant only to used as such.Dim C1, Obj,Task,WmiSet Wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")'-> Make Sure It Runs CscriptIf InStr(1,WScript.FullName,"cscript",1) ThenTaskKill()Else'-> Error Wrong Script EngineMsgBox _"This script was ment to run by this Scripting Engine Cscript.exe" & vbCrLf & _"Right Click this script and select either the Cscript or Cmd Promt", _4128,"Error Wrong Scripting Engine"End If'-> Wait For Task Kill ProcessFunction TaskKill()C1 = C1 + 1If Len(C1) = 1 Then C1 = "0" & C1Do Until C1 = 12'-> Name Of Process To Kill EG Notepad.exeFor Each Obj in Wmi.ExecQuery( _"Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'Notepad.exe'")Obj.Terminate()WScript.Echo " Stopping : " & Obj.Name & vbCrLfWScript.Sleep 500NextWScript.Echo " " & C1 & vbTab & "Waiting For Notepad" & vbCrLfWScript.Sleep 5000TaskKill()LoopEnd Function'-> End Of Script MessageWScript.Echo " " & C1 & vbTab & "Exiting Script"WScript.Sleep 1000

[Caml Light]

Thank you guys!

An other question... how can i convert a CMD batch file with more strings into a batch with a single string?

Could i have an example with this batch:

:loop
rem ping -n 5 localhost
tasklist /fi  "IMAGENAME eq process.exe" |findstr /i process.exe
if %errorlevel% eq 0 goto loop else goto :next
:next

Thank you!

[jaclaz]

You need to first launch taskkill in another process using something like "start /high /separate".

Which still applies only to 16-bit programs....

http://ss64.com/nt/start.html

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsNT/AdminTips/Miscellaneous/Running16-bitprogramsinseparatememoryspace.html

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/start.mspx?mfr=true

/separate : Starts 16-bit programs in a separate memory space.

jaclaz