If there’s more than one task that are not responding anymore, this is exactly what you need in Windows

Mar 24, 2017 00:42 GMT  ·  By

The Windows Task Manager is one of the essential tools for power users who want to deal with process issues the easy way without rebooting the system, and although at first glance it’s just a basic utility, there’s a lot more it can do with simple commands.

One of the things that Task Manager is capable of is killing all not responding processes at once, and all it needs is a simple command that you need to run with administrator rights.

The command we’re talking about is the one below, and you can give it a try at any time by simply copying and then pasting it either in a Command Prompt window or directly in the Start menu or in a Run dialog (Windows key + R):

taskkill.exe /F /FI "status eq NOT RESPONDING" Please note that this command will restart explorer.exe as well!

Since it’s a Windows command, this line can be included in more advanced scripts or batch files that can be saved on the desktop for easy access whenever you need it.

For example, you can set up a .bat file by simply creating a new text document, pasting the command within the document, and then changing the extension from .txt to .bat. Change the name of the file to whatever you want and then simply double-click to kill not responding processes. Additionally, you can pin this .bat file to the taskbar to launch it faster when you need it.

For what it’s worth, a similar command can also be used to kill just a single process, though it’s a lot easier to just do it from Task Manager. If for some reason you want to give it a try, the command is below, simply change explorer.exe to whatever process you are trying to kill.

taskkill.exe /im explorer.exe /f