Close program & kill process from batch file

[mobajwa]

How do you close a program or a kill a process by a batch file.Suppose I have multiple instances of internet explorer and want to close a specific one, hwo do i close it from a batch file ?
This is how i am basically planning to use it. An idle computer first closes all non crucial programs that are running. then it runs scheduled jobs like defragmentation, scan disk virus scanner, and after that is done, i want the pc to start those programs again. I know the jobs can be run while those programs are running but I just want to make sure, the computer has as much free RAm as possible when running those tasks. Any Suggestions ?

 

[mobajwa]

Ok .. i looked around and came across this utility.

http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/processutil/processutil.htm

This can be used to kill a process from the command line.

Any other solutions still welcome

 

[chriscj21]

Http:\\

http://www.sysinternals.com

they have PSTools, a series of command line tools used for system administration - "PSKill" is one of these, used to kill processes either locally or remotely..."PsShutdown" is also very useful.


HTH


ChrisCj21
MCSE, A+, N+