Close a program with a Batch File?

[imported_LoKe]

Say I wanted to close notepad by using a batch file, would I be able to that? If so, how?

Thanks!

 

[xtknight]

tskill notepad

That will close all open notepads.

Note: that's not a "soft" exit so it won't be asking you to save, etc.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Thanks a lot!

 

[xtknight]

Oh, by the way:

TASKKILL /IM notepad.exe /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq untitled*"

That'll do a soft-close on every untitled notepad.

TASKKILL /F /IM notepad.exe /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq untitled*"

That'll forcefully close every untitled notepad. You can change the filter after WINDOWTITLE to match what you specifically want to close. Don't change eq though, that means equals. There is also ne (not equal to).

Also tskill and taskkill are two different programs. tskill is just a quick one.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Thanks.

I'm using this because on a site I "manage" there is a launcher that loads up a game on a private server. Some processes interfere with the launcher causing it to not function. This way I can have users run this batch file to close the processes that interfere.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Hmm..is this command the same on Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP Pro aswell?

 

[xtknight]

Win 9x/ME KILL command info:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/2370

I don't know if Windows 2000 has it. You can try PsKill from SysInternals.

Here's some more info: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/processes.html

 

[imported_LoKe]

Thanks again!