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Task Process - Remote Kill

The Process - Remote Kill Task can terminate a process on another server in the network. If you want to terminate local process then you should use the Kill Task instead.

Credentials

To control a remote computer you may need to use a Credential. The Credential must match the user name and password of the user that you want to login for. Select a Credential in the combo box or click the Settings icon to open Manage credentials in order to add or edit Credentials.

Process name

Enter the name of the process, like notepad.exe. If you want to be sure of the name then you can start the process on the server and the click on "Select" to show a list of all running processes.

Case sensitive

If the process name matching should be case sensitive or not.

If more that one matching process is found

If several process are running that matches the Process name you have several options:

Terminate all matching processes

Kills all matching processes.

Terminate the newest process

Kills only the process that was last started.

Terminate the oldest process

Kills only the process that was started first of all processes.

Skip

Do not kill any process.