This is a simple command-line application that waits on background until you press the ESCAPE key on your keyboard to terminate the specified process.
This is an old project, with ugly source-code, and probably I will not rewrite it using good and modern habbits.
- Microsoft Windows OS.
[+] Syntax:
EscKeyProcKill.exe [SWITCHES] [PROCESS NAME]
[+] Switches:
/Recursive | Terminate all the occurrences of processes that matches [PROCESS NAME].
| If this switch is not specified, only the first occurrence of process is terminated.
|
/KillChilds | Terminate the specified process and any created child process.
|
/? | Shows this help.
[+] Examples:
EscKeyProcKill.exe "notepad.exe"
(Terminate the first occurrence of a process that matches the name "Notepad.exe")
EscKeyProcKill.exe /Recursive "notepad.exe"
(Terminate all the occurrences of processes that matches the name "notepad.exe")
EscKeyProcKill.exe /KillChilds "notepad.exe"
(Terminate the first occurrence of a process that matches the name "notepad.exe",
and also terminate any child process created by the process.)
EscKeyProcKill.exe /Recursive /KillChilds "notepad.exe"
(Terminate all the occurrences of processes that matches the name "notepad.exe",
and also terminate any child process created by the processes.)
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