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Stop Process

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Stops a process by name or pid
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Stop Process

Stops a process by name or pid
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Stop Process

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Stops a process by name or pid
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Stop Process

Stops a process by name or pid
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Introduction

This action stops a process by pid or name.

Details

The action stops all processes matching the given criteria over the specified duration.

The command taskkill is used to stop the targeted processes. If the graceful parameter is disabled taskkill is executed using /F to force the stop.

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefault
processPID or string to match the process name or command
gracefultrue executes a normal stop, false a force stoptrue
durationOver this period the matching processes are killed30s
delayThe initial delay and subsequent interval in which processes are looked up and stopped5s

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