Re: Force a process to end, no matter what???

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From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 02:36:22 -0500

See if this applies:
http://www.bjorn3d.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=45747&Main=45591 

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"Noozer" <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote in message 
news:VvKhc.206112$oR5.78359@pd7tw3no...
>
>   TASKKILL /f /t /pid 3088
>   SUCCESS: The process with PID 3088 child of PID 1072 has been 
> terminated.
>
> Tried, but still WinDVR.EXE (PID 3088) refuses to die.  It says the parent
> task is Explorer (PID 1072)... haven't tried ending that as I don't want 
> to
> trash my desktop right now.
>
> Thanks anyhow!
>
> "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23pxAZkDKEHA.3292@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> If using pro type taskkill in help.
>
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> "Noozer" <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
> news:_bKhc.205922$oR5.51491@pd7tw3no...
>> Is it possible to force a process to stop in WinXP, regardless of the
>> outcome?
>>
>> Occasionally I'll have an app fail and leave a process running in the
>> background. No matter how many times I try to end the process, it keeps
>> running. I don't get any denied messages, it just doesn't go away.
>>
>> Usually it's related to an odd peice of hardware... For example I
> currently
>> have "WinDVD.exe" in the background using about 40% of my processor
> because
>> my TV Tuner software crashed. It's refusing to go away. I can't reboot
>> because I have a two hour process running that's only half done.
>>
>> Suggestions???
>>
>> Thx!
>>
>>
>
>

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