PsKiller was written in perl, and converted to an executable program. It is a simple command line tool which is a very useful tool to have when trying to kill processes without using the windows task manager. PsKiller will supply you with a list of process ids and program names, along with the number of threads each program is using. Also, if you are a programmer, you'll find it easy to incorporate psKiller into other programs or scripts.

Supported Systems: Only tested on Windows XP.

If you find it works on any systems other than Windows XP, please let me know.

  The zip file includes the following files/programs:
  
  psKiller.cgi - The source code for the psKiller.exe.
  TEST.exe     - Test program that doesn't "do" anything except 
                 allow you to "test" the psKiller.exe program.
                 (ie. c:\psKiller TEST.exe)
  psKiller.exe - the program used to stop/kill processes that 
                 are running.
  Readme.txt   - Directions.

Directions

   Command Line: psKiller [options...] <program> or <pid>
         
   Supported options and arguments are:
      <program>            =Name of program to kill. 
      -all                 =Will kill all instances of <program>.
      <pid>                =Process id of program to kill.
                            Supersedes <program> and -all option.
      -list                =Prints a list of all current processes.
                            Supersedes all other options and arguments.
      -help                =Prints this menu. Supersedes -list option.
      
   Perl: @output = `psKiller`;  #backticks ` NOT single quotes '.
         
         example:
         
         #!/usr/bin/perl

         @output = `C:/path/to/psKiller.exe`;

         print "<pre>\n";

         foreach $line (@output) {
            print "$line\n";
         }

         print "</pre>\n";
         
         #If you use the command line to run your script 
         #Comment the print <pre> lines.

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