Ending the processes via the Windows 10 / 11 command prompt (cmd.exe) is quite easy!
Many who work with Linux or Unix are happy that there is this option under Windows to abort (and start) processes via the command line in the command prompt. Linux gives you a wide variety of command line tools that simply don't exist by default on Windows.
Extensive: ►► Use taskkill correctly and sensibly with Cmd.exe with examples?
Simple example:
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When you start an app, the operating system creates a process for an executable file for the app. It contains the program code and its current activity. Windows assigns a special number called a Process Identifier (PID) that is unique to each process. There are a number of reasons why you might want to kill a process and different methods that you can use to kill it. If an app has stopped responding, is consuming a lot of system resources, or is behaving unexpectedly and you cannot terminate it, you may want to kill its process to forcibly close the app. Traditionally, Windows allowed the Task Manager and Command Prompt to be used for these tasks. In addition to these methods, you can use PowerShell.
When you start an app, the operating system creates a process for an executable file for the app. It contains the program code and its current activity. Windows assigns a special number called a Process Identifier (PID) that is unique to each process. There are a number of reasons why you might want to kill a process and different methods that you can use to kill it. If an app has stopped responding, is consuming a lot of system resources, or is behaving unexpectedly and you cannot terminate it, you may want to kill its process to forcibly close the app. Traditionally, Windows allowed the Task Manager and Command Prompt to be used for these tasks. In addition to these methods, you can use PowerShell.
