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With the Passthru parameter, PowerShell returns the output in the console. For example, below notepad.exe process with ID 12344 will be stopped and the same will be displayed in the console with the Passthru parameter. Earlier it was not the case with only Stop-Process.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Stop-Process -Id 12344 -PassThru Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 227 13 2800 13440 0.19 12344 1 ... Read More
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To get the consent from the user before stopping process or instance, -confirm parameter is used.ExampleIn the below example, we will stop notepad.exe process with –Id 4900 using –Confirm parameter.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Stop-Process -Id 4900 -Confirm Confirm Are you sure you want to perform this action? Performing the operation "Stop-Process" on target "notepad (4900)". [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"):Similarly, you can use the –Confirm parameter for stopping the process with Name.PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Stop-Process -Name Notepad -Confirm
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To stop the specific instance of the process, Process ID needs to provide to Stop-Process cmdlet.ExampleIn the below example, we need to stop Notepad process with instance ID 25400.OutputHandles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 228 14 3156 13680 0.13 4900 1 notepad 232 14 3196 13752 0.16 25400 1 notepadStop-Process -Id 25400 Now, when Get-Process command is run, there will be no process running with –Id 25400.CommandPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process -Name notepadOutputHandles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 227 13 2808 13492 0.14 4900 1 notepad
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To stop running all the instances of the process in PowerShell Stop-Process command is used. For example, in the below example, we have two running instances of notepad.exe process.CommandPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process notepadOutputPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process notepad Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 228 13 3160 13448 0.14 15564 1 notepad 228 14 3148 13668 0.17 22644 ... Read More
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To display only the first 5 processes you need to use –First parameter in the Select-Object pipeline statement. You can use multiple filter statements and later at last pipeline the –First command to display only a few results.CommandGet-Process | Select -First 5OutputHandles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 498 26 9736 18624 2.27 6320 1 AcroRd32 624 51 112048 ... Read More
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You can group the processes based on their properties. Here, we will group the processes based on their name, it would display how many instances of the process is running. Group-Object command is useful for it.CommandThe below command will group the object and sort the object based on their thread counts.Get-Process |Group-Object Name | Select Name, Count |Sort-Object count - DescendingOutputName Count ---- ----- svchost 91 chrome 34 RuntimeBroker 11 conhost 6 Code 6 WmiPrvSE 6 dllhost 4 RAVBg64 4 powershell 3 csrss 2 fontdrvhost 2 AcroRd32 2 taskhostw 2 SkypeBridge 1 smartscreen 1 smss 1 sihost 1 SkypeApp 1 SkypeBackgroundHost 1 sppsvc 1 StartMenuExperienceHost 1
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To find the specific process using Get-Process cmdlet, you need to use the –Name parameter. You can use single and multiple process names.CommandGet-Process -Name AcroRd32, audiodgOutputHandles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 506 27 9888 19216 2.22 6320 1 AcroRd32 632 51 112196 17648 42.95 8052 1 AcroRd32 209 13 10344 17100 13.98 22748 0 audiodgYou can also achieve the same using Where-Object (alias: Where) command.Get-Process | Where{$_.Name -eq "AcroRd32"} But to get the multiple processes you need to use the –OR comparison operator.Get-Process | Where{($_.Name -eq "AcroRd32") -or ($_.Name -eq ... Read More
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To sort the processes based on their various property names, Sort-Object command needs to pipeline and property name should be entered followed by it to the Get-Process cmdlet or WMI class or CIM instance.CommandTo sort the property based on the CPU usage.Get-Process | Sort-Object CPUOutputHandles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 0 0 60 8 0 ... Read More
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Get-Process shows the default properties only. To get all the properties of Get-Process, we need to pipeline Format-List * (fl *).Get-Process | Format-List *OutputName : AcroRd32 Id : 8052 PriorityClass : Normal FileVersion : 11.0.23.22 HandleCount : 616 WorkingSet : 17453056 PagedMemorySize : 114597888 ... Read More