Programs have a quit or exit option in their menus. I seek the equivalent procedure via the command prompt window. Are these programs invoking the taskkill command? I always understood taskkill to be a strictly windows operative to force stop a process. So, are the various programs really calling the taskkill or do they have their own unique exit code?
I would much rather exit a program gracefully if that works, rather than use an ungraceful taskkill to stop it unless it is unavoidable.
Exit/close buttons on applications often trigger other events such as closing/cleanup relevant resources or processes.
A taskkill doesn't trigger all other relevant events so some resources/processes the application used, even when forced closed, may still be wandering about for a certain period of time or until the next reboot.
Hello @MourningStar,
Using the actual ProgramsClose,ExitorQuit, doesNOTjust perform that particular action, but it also saves ANY changes or amendments in theConfigurations Settingsetc in theConfigor.inifiles.
If you are ever in a situation where you canNOTuse ANY of the above to escape from the Program, then you can use this . . .
> How to Kill a Process in Windows 10
I hope this helps.
Taskkill sends WM_CLOSE message to the target program unless /F is specified.
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Open notepad type some text in it, use taskkill to close it and notepad will display save dialog.
@steve108
Yes a program like firefox / Chrome and many other that uses multi-Separated processes under the same name.
Using /im will require the /T switch to request closing of the whole process tree.
You can use PID to request single instance close in these case....
Some will terminate gracefully the whole process tree when sending the request to the main instance, some not quite.
I've never tried to kill a FF / chrome tab "only" seems risky
All need to be tested.
Here's a thread from StackOverflow if anyone wants to close Chrome and related processes via cmd - command line - Close chrome from bat file - Stack Overflow
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