The tskill command allows a user running Microsoft Windows XP Home edition to kill a task from an MS-DOS prompt.

Availability

Tskill is an external command that is only available for the Windows XP Home operating system.

  • Availability
  • Tskill syntax
  • Tskill examples

Tskill syntax

TSKILL processid | processname [/SERVER:servername] [/ID:sessionid | /A] [/V]

Tskill examples

tskill notepad /V

Kills the open notepad task and displays a message similar to: End Process (1328).

Windows XP Professional or later versions should use the taskkill command.

  • See our task definition for further information and related links on this term.