Cannot end Windows 7 process, even tried pskill
Solution 1:
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Try the debugger:
ntsd -p <pid> -c q Processes can be unkillable if they are waiting for an I/O or similar operation to finish ("uninterruptible sleep") (see also [1])
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or if they are already dead1 (aka "zombie processes" in Unix).
1The Old New Thing: Why do some process stay in Task Manager after they've been killed?
Solution 2:
Use the following command:
Taskkill /IM **.exe /F