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Last Post 30 Oct 2007 10:12 PM by Poshoholic. 11 Replies.

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ambers

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30 Oct 2007 06:24 AM
Is there a way to kill all instances of the powershell process except for the active one that I'm using or at least kill it last? While testing with Task Scheduler and Powershell I have had multiple occassions of the WMI service hanging and leading to several instances of the powershell process running. When I use stop-process powershell it kills my current session. My temporary workaround was to launch it from VBScript in Task Scheduler, but I'd rather continue my testing without it.

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30 Oct 2007 07:14 AM
you can try this: gps powershell \| ? {$_.ID -ne ([System.diagnostics.process]::getcurrentprocess()).id } \| kill It will kill all powershell process except the current one.

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30 Oct 2007 01:27 PM
Or even easier. Use the build in $pid PS> Get-process "powershell" \| where{$_.id -ne $pid} \| stop-process

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30 Oct 2007 05:09 PM
Or even better since tomorrow is Halloween: ps "powershell" \| where{$_.id -ne $pid} \| KILL I've seen too many vampire movies lately. :-)

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30 Oct 2007 05:39 PM
ps "powershell" \| ?{$_.id -ne $pid} \| kill

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ambers

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30 Oct 2007 09:58 PM
Is there a list of the built-in variables anywhere? If I had know $pid existed I think I would have been able to figure this one out. Of course, reading your responses was worth the question. Kudos to Brandon for most concise, Jeff gets bonus points for death humor.

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30 Oct 2007 10:00 PM
at a PS prompt type: get-variable

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30 Oct 2007 10:04 PM
You can also find a one-liner that will give you all variables with their descriptions here: http://poshoholic.com/2007/09/18/essential-powershell-know-your-system-variables/ - Kirk Munro Poshoholic http://poshoholic.com

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30 Oct 2007 10:07 PM
Kirk.. that is good stuff!

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ambers

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30 Oct 2007 10:07 PM
Hmmm... it couldn't have been that easy he said. Thanks Jeffery.

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30 Oct 2007 10:08 PM
although it should be noted... that isnt really a one-liner

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30 Oct 2007 10:12 PM
Hey hay, see all those backticks at the end of the lines in my post? It's only on multiple lines in my blog to improve readability. - Kirk Munro Poshoholic http://poshoholic.com

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