Windows 10: Best way to kill unresponsive process realiably?

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  1. empleat Win User

    Best way to kill unresponsive process realiably?


    Hello,
    i had unresponsive process, which was repeatedly showing pop up window: End Process. When i clicked on it, nothing happened... Even task manager wouldn't show and i had checked always on top and i couldn't get to desktop, or open start menu! I waited like 5 minutes, but i had to do hard restart. I have created shortcut with parameter: C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe /f /fi status eq not responding. And gave it hotkey, how ever it did not work! I was afraid of it, because shortcut hotkeys works: only if you are on a desktop. Also i read this is not best way to kill a process. I dislike having to do hard restart, as it can permanently corrupt system...

    And i have no space for a backup and system protection takes huge space and it automatically deletes old restore points anyways. And i have other reasons why i dislike it... I could use autohotkey to call shotcut, but i don't like having multiple programs running in background. I was thinking about simple c++ program, which would either call taskkill, or i found also this:

    Code:
    But i am not sure what is optimal way to forcibly kill unresponsible process. Winkill supposedly waits, before trying forcibly to close it. Ah and for winkill you have to have installed autohotkey probably, as it is autohotkey command.

    Thanks for answer!

    :)
     
    empleat, Aug 13, 2020
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  2. dalchina Win User

    Auto-kill a process


    As I said, a trivial Autohotkey script - a permanent loop
    loop {
    If process exists - kill it
    sleep n
    }

    (very roughly)
     
    dalchina, Aug 13, 2020
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  3. borgus Win User
    Auto-kill a process


    Appreciate the suggestion. I use a .bat file here to do essentially what you describe, but my aim is to automate the process - no user intervention. A specified process opens; it spots and kills it. Closest that I have seen is an app that claims to do this on a schedule.
     
    borgus, Aug 13, 2020
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  4. GNJha Win User

    Best way to kill unresponsive process realiably?

    Boot Process

    Hi,

    Please suggest me a link that can explain the boot process step by step of ...

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    • Windows 10,
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    GNJha, Aug 13, 2020
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