How to kill a task via terminal on Windows

To obtain a list of all running processes and their PIDs in [elevated] command prompt:

tasklist

To obtain a list of all running processes and their PIDs in [elevated] Powershell:

Get-Process

To kill a task in [elevated] command prompt:

taskkill /IM “ProcessName” /F

(replace “ProcessName” with the name of the executable file of the process)

To kill a task in [elevated] Powershell:

Stop-Process -Name “ProcessName” -Force

(replace “ProcessName” with the name of the executable file of the process)\