How to Kill a Process in Command Prompt

To kill processes on your computer, you would normally use the Windows Task Manager. The Windows Task Manager is a program designed to help you manage the processes running on your computer. Although the Task Manager is sufficient for most circumstances, it is designed to prevent users from ending processes that it believes are critical which can result in some errors when you try to kill those processes using it. Additionally, some frozen programs may not terminate if you attempt to kill them from Task Manager. When you encounter problems such as these, you're not out of options. A program called Command Prompt may be able to kill processes that Task Manager can't. If you want to kill a process on your computer using Command Prompt, read on!