Tips from the Stop the DOS Prompt

To stop the process (application and service) that is running on Windows I believe you often do so from the Windows Task Manager.


Besides these ways, there are other ways you can do that is through the DOS Prompt. Way is as follows:
  1. Go to the dos prompt by typing cmd from the Start menu - Run.
  2. Write a tasklist and hit enter, it will appear the list of processes running, such as the image below:
  3. Find the name you want to stop, and search its PID number.
  4. Suppose you want to stop the Firefox program, then write: tskill 1844, and press enter.
  5. Done