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How to list and kill running processes via the command line

C:\>tasklist

Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
System Idle Process              0 Services                   0         24 K
System                           4 Services                   0        300 K
smss.exe                       228 Services                   0      1,248 K
csrss.exe                      312 Services                   0      4,436 K
csrss.exe                      352 Console                    1      3,880 K
wininit.exe                    360 Services                   0      4,312 K
winlogon.exe                   400 Console                    1      4,204 K
services.exe                   448 Services                   0     10,676 K
lsass.exe                      456 Services                   0     13,076 K
lsm.exe                        464 Services                   0      7,416 K
svchost.exe                    560 Services                   0      9,324 K
svchost.exe                    640 Services                   0      9,380 K
LogonUI.exe                    716 Console                    1     14,288 K
svchost.exe                    732 Services                   0     12,680 K
svchost.exe                    776 Services                   0     44,436 K
svchost.exe                    844 Services                   0     10,712 K
svchost.exe                    908 Services                   0     15,060 K
svchost.exe                    948 Services                   0     17,340 K
svchost.exe                    320 Services                   0     11,552 K
spoolsv.exe                    280 Services                   0     14,456 K
svchost.exe                   1040 Services                   0      9,156 K
svchost.exe                   1064 Services                   0      9,200 K
inetinfo.exe                  1084 Services                   0     13,232 K
MsDtsSrvr.exe                 1184 Services                   0     27,668 K
mqsvc.exe                     1304 Services                   0      8,092 K
msmdsrv.exe                   1460 Services                   0     47,452 K
sqlservr.exe                  1484 Services                   0    272,744 K
svchost.exe                   1560 Services                   0      6,148 K
svchost.exe                   1604 Services                   0      2,856 K
sqlwriter.exe                 1644 Services                   0      6,324 K
svchost.exe                   1684 Services                   0     11,488 K
SQLAGENT.EXE                  2060 Services                   0     23,272 K
conhost.exe                   2080 Services                   0      2,732 K
fdlauncher.exe                2304 Services                   0      3,796 K
svchost.exe                   2340 Services                   0      9,732 K
fdhost.exe                    2464 Services                   0      5,136 K
conhost.exe                   2476 Services                   0      2,608 K
svchost.exe                   2244 Services                   0      4,520 K
msdtc.exe                     2228 Services                   0      7,544 K

C:\>taskkill /pid 2228
SUCCESS: Sent termination signal to the process with PID 2228.

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Chris Straw