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how can i kill a process by force

Hello,
i have a process named ws_rep.exe (ca xosoft replicator)
and service stopped but this process is working still.
when i try to kill via task manager i didn't any error but i can see process in task manager
so i tried pskill or something like that..i cant remove the process from tasklist..
how can i remove this process ?
thanks

EYRajeshTV

end process tree from task manager
or
Try Taskkill /F /IM ws_rep.exe /T from command prompt using an admin account or
download process viewer and kill the process using that .

rubikru

Hello!

Try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197155

asyab

ASKER

yeah i know taskkill command but it can't kill my process..

EYRajeshTV

Then try process viewer and kill it using that

santoshmotwani

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/02/06/how-to-kill-stubborn-process-that-fails-to-end-process-in-task-manager/

try this

asyab

ASKER

i used process viewer, process explorer and pskill but process still working :(

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asyab

ASKER

i cant restart my server...

torque, i run your scrpt but i didnt see anything ? what can i do ?

EYRajeshTV

is that the process is restarting every time or its not even been killed for a single time...

asyab

ASKER

i think this process working as child process of services.exe
and hanging on services.exe so i cant kill it because this process is depending on services.exe

torque_200bc

Put an .vbs extension to the text file name p.ex. myfile.vbs and then run it again within a command line prompt like:

c:\(path)> cscript myfile.vbs

if the output is something like:

-----------------------------------
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host versión 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001.

Proccess PID: 5008 terminated
-----------------------------------

then the process has been killed.

else if the output is more like

-----------------------------------
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host versión 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001.

-----------------------------------

Then you have no process with the name ws_rep.exe or you can't kill it.

GZ

asyab

ASKER

torque_200bc

rigth, you can't kill it, the process do not exist or is name is not EXACTLY "ws_rep.exe". The script is not too smart you know? :P

Use the tasklist command for your complete process list and correct the script if it proceeds.

GZ

asyab

ASKER

thanks but i think i have to restart my server :(
so thanks for your hellp

asyab

ASKER

thanks