JSI Tip 5268. How do I end a Terminal Services server process from the command line?

The TSKILL command can be uses to end Terminal Services server processes.

You must have administrative privileges to end other user's processes.

When you type tskill /? at a CMD prompt, the following information is displayed:

Ends a process.TSKILL processid | processname [/SERVER:servername] [/ID:sessionid | /A] [/V]  processid           Process ID for the process to be terminated.  processname         Process name to be terminated.  /SERVER:servername  Server containing processID (default is current).                         /ID or /A must be specified when using processname                         and /SERVER  /ID:sessionid       End process running under the specified session.  /A                  End process running under ALL sessions.  /V                  Display information about actions being performed.

NOTE: When all processes that are running in a session end, the session also ends.

NOTE: The user is NOT notified that you ended their process.

To determine the processes that are running, type:

query process. 

To find out who is running ProgramName.exe, type:

query process ProgramName.exe.

A display similar to the following is produced:

   USERNAME        SESSIONNAME     ID PID     IMAGE    administrator  console         0  1234    ProgramName.exe    UserName1      rdp-tcp#1       1  1342    ProgramName.exe    UserName2      rdp-tcp#2       2  1432    ProgramName.exe

TSKILL Examples: