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Downloads:

1,487

Downloads of v 2.44:

1,487

Last Update:

25 Nov 2016

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Orange Lamp Software Solutions

Tags:

orange lamp killprocess kill process util portable

KillProcess (Portable)

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2.44 | Updated: 25 Nov 2016

Downloads:

1,487

Downloads of v 2.44:

1,487

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Orange Lamp Software Solutions

KillProcess (Portable) 2.44

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install KillProcess (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade KillProcess (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall KillProcess (Portable), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade killprocess -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade killprocess -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install killprocess
  win_chocolatey:
    name: killprocess
    version: '2.44'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'killprocess' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '2.44'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller killprocess
{
    Name     = "killprocess"
    Version  = "2.44"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'killprocess':
  ensure   => '2.44',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator flcdrg on 26 Nov 2016.

Description

Screenshot of KillProcess

KillProcess is an application assassin of the extreme kind. It can terminate almost any process on a Windows machine, including any service and process running in the system. Even protected Microsoft system processes can be terminated. All of this can be done in the matter of milliseconds.

The speed that KillProcess can kill your applications with is determined by your computer speed and is not restricted by any other settings within the OS itself. KillProcess is way more powerful than the Task Manager in other terms than speed. It can kill multiple processes, either by multi-select or by clever use of “kill lists”. Using these techniques it is possible to “batch” terminate processes, quickly and swiftly, with a click of a button.

KillProcess can also scan the running processes on the computer, and kill them on sight, much like an anti-spyware application would. In KillProcess however you are in charge of which applications should be allowed to run or not – and that applies to the computer as long as you say so.

About 1 500 users download KillProcess every day, and the total number of users are well in beyond of 1 million today

Release Information

The latest official release of the application is version 2.44. This version supports the following Microsoft Windows operating systems (both 32-bit and 64-bit if available)

  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 2008 (R1 and R2)
  • Windows 7

e-Learning Videos

For help in getting the most out of the application, we recomment that you look at the e-Learning Videos that are made available online. They are designed to attract both beginner and experienced users and are a great way to learn some of the most central features of the application.

General Limitations

  • Processes that are being debugged with Microsoft Developer Studio (or similar product) cannot be terminated while inside of a breakpoint (like when stepping through the code).
  • 16-bit applications run by wowexec.exe cannot be terminated directly. You will have to terminate the wowexec.exe process that houses the 16-bit application instead

tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName= 'killprocess' 
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = 'https://orangelampsoftware.com/downloads/KillProcess.exe'
$checksum   = '511B478937F6228678A6973F5ECBF6E87D45BB7FFC4A9D81225C715D366D6062'
$installerPackage = Join-Path $ToolsDir "KillProcess.exe"

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  fileType      = 'EXE'
  url           = $url
  FileFullPath  = $installerPackage
  checksum      = $checksum
  checksumType  = 'sha256'
}

Get-ChocolateyWebFile @packageArgs

Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:Public\Desktop\KillProcess.lnk" -targetPath "$toolsDir\KillProcess.exe" -WorkingDirectory "$toolsDir"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\KillProcess.lnk" -targetPath "$toolsDir\KillProcess.exe"
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
$packageName = 'killprocess'

remove-item "$env:Public\Desktop\KillProcess.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'
remove-item "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\KillProcess.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'


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