Re: Kill all but last process

On my system, when I have multiple instances of word running, I only see a
single task, using either task manager or tasklist. Your script below would
find and delete the only word task in existence, killing all visible
instances.

Your approach would work for Notepad, for which each instance is a separate
task. You'd just need to have one FOR loop to count them all, and another to
delete all but one. The question is - which is the "last" one?

To close all but one specific word window would require a different
technique, but that is an area I am unfamiliar with.


/Al

"oztech" <> wrote in message
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> I have a script which kills the Microsoft Word instances running on my
> Windows 2003 server. The problem is it kills all the instances, where as
> I want to keep the last instance or last microsoft word process as it is
> And kill the rest of the ones.
> Here is the code:
>
> FOR /F "tokens=2" %%I IN ('tasklist ^| Find "WINWORD.EXE"') DO CALL
> :windowlist %%I
> goto :EOF
> goto :EOF
> :windowlist
> echo %1
> TASKKILL /PID %1 /F
> goto :EOF
>
> How can I achieve this?
>
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> These word instances are started via automation, and also if you run
> winword /a then you will get multiple word instances.
> Tasklist will give you a list of process, in the order of started first
> to started last. So when I hit the last process in that I want to stop.
>
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Try this version of your batch file. BTW, when using "find.exe" then you
should always use the /i switch to make the command robust.
@echo off
set prev=
FOR /F "tokens=2" %%i IN ('tasklist ^| Find /i "notepad.EXE"') DO CALL
:windowlist %%i
goto :EOF

:windowlist
if not "%prev%"=="" echo TASKKILL /PID %prev% /F
set prev=%1

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>> These word instances are started via automation, and also if you run
>> winword /a then you will get multiple word instances.
>> Tasklist will give you a list of process, in the order of started first
>> to started last. So when I hit the last process in that I want to stop.
>>
>>
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> Try this version of your batch file. BTW, when using "find.exe" then you
> should always use the /i switch to make the command robust.
> @echo off
> set prev=
> FOR /F "tokens=2" %%i IN ('tasklist ^| Find /i "notepad.EXE"') DO CALL
> :windowlist %%i
> goto :EOF
>
> :windowlist
> if not "%prev%"=="" echo TASKKILL /PID %prev% /F
> set prev=%1

Good one. I'd make it slightly more robust by adding a "GOTO:EOF" at the
end. That way, if you need to add another internal routine later on, you are
less likely to have the first run on through the next.

BTW, your script kills all but the *last* task, but that is only the last of
the tasks in the task list. Is that the one that is the *LAST* task that the
OP wants to kill?

/Al

"Al Dunbar" <> wrote in message
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>> "oztech" <> wrote in message
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>>> These word instances are started via automation, and also if you run
>>> winword /a then you will get multiple word instances.
>>> Tasklist will give you a list of process, in the order of started first
>>> to started last. So when I hit the last process in that I want to stop.
>>>
>>>
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>>> oztech
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>> Try this version of your batch file. BTW, when using "find.exe" then you
>> should always use the /i switch to make the command robust.
>> @echo off
>> set prev=
>> FOR /F "tokens=2" %%i IN ('tasklist ^| Find /i "notepad.EXE"') DO CALL
>> :windowlist %%i
>> goto :EOF
>>
>> :windowlist
>> if not "%prev%"=="" echo TASKKILL /PID %prev% /F
>> set prev=%1

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> BTW, your script kills all but the *last* task, but that is only the last
> of the tasks in the task list. Is that the one that is the *LAST* task
> that the OP wants to kill?
>
> /Al

This is a question that the OP should probably ask himself. What's so
particular about the last process enumerated by tasklist.exe? That it was
the last one to be launched?

"oztech" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks mate, worked beautifully.
> One quick question, is there a way to find out which Winword process
> amongst these is using CPU more than 20%?
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
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If you can find a console command that shows CPU percentages then I'm sure
that this can be coded too.