{"id":127,"date":"2014-05-22T02:42:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T02:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2014-05-22T02:42:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T02:42:01","slug":"killing-a-process-thats-hung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/killing-a-process-thats-hung\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing a Process that’s Hung"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’re trying to kill a service but it’s in a permanent state of “stopping”<\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(h\/t Mike Mullen<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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If you ever have trouble with a service being stuck in a ‘starting’ or ‘stopping’ state, you can run a couple of simple commands to kill the service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/a>.<\/th>\n\n

Query the process<\/h3>\n

To kill the service you have to know its PID or Process ID. To find this just type the following in at a command prompt:<\/p>\n

sc queryex servicename
\n<Enter><\/p>\n

Replace ‘servicename’ with the services registry name. For example: Print Spooler is spooler. (See Picture)<\/td>\n

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2<\/a>.<\/th>\n\n

Identify the PID<\/h3>\n

After running the query you will by presented with a list of details. You will want to locate the PID. (Highlighted)<\/td>\n

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3<\/a>.<\/th>\n\n

Run the Taskkill command<\/h3>\n

Now that you have the PID, you can run the following command to kill the hung process:<\/p>\n

taskkill \/f \/pid [PID]
\n<Enter><\/p>\n

This will force kill the hung service. (See Picture)<\/td>\n

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