Killing an arbitary process from Java (on Windows)

[kevglass]

I’m pretty sure its not possible to kill a process from Java that you didn’t start on Windows. On Unix I could exec() out to kill but on windows there doesn’t appear to be a command line interface to process management (albeit lots of tools to download).

Anyone beaten this before?

Kev

[oNyx]

I remembered there is some weird way… so I googled…

A)
If you have WinXP Pro or Win2k3 Server, the builtin taskkill.exe
is an option. In a command prompt, run taskkill.exe /? for help.

B)
For Win2k, the microsoft command line tool kill.exe.

Kill.exe is in the Win2k Support Tools found on the Win2k CD,
\Support\Tools\Suptools.msi, or for the latest version of
Support Tools (should work on non-SP4 computers as well):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/supporttools.asp

Cmdow.exe
http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/index.html

D)
Here is a vbscript using WMI to terminate notepad.exe:

'--------------------8<----------------------
sComputer = “.” ’ use “.” for local computer
Set oWmi = GetObject(“winmgmts:” _
& “{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\” _
& sComputer & “\root\cimv2”)

Set colProcessList = oWmi.ExecQuery _
(“Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = ‘notepad.exe’”)

For Each oProcess in colProcessList
oProcess.Terminate()
Next
'--------------------8<----------------------

Used search term: win2k commandline process kill

[kevglass]

Javagaming does it again…

Many thanks,

Kev