How to kill a process from a batch file...virus scanning interrupts

[Bobby C.]

I'm having difficulties with part of my backup. I leave Outlook running
24/7 (my email server has a message limit and I get hundreds of messages
overnight so I need to get them off my ISP's server). At 2 AM I would like
to kill the process, backup the mailbox and restart it from a batch (as part
of a larger system backup). I've created a batch file that works for this
but I'm having a problem. I downloaded the PSKill utility to kill the
process but McAfee's VirusScan sees it as an unwanted program and disables
it before my backup can use it. This leaves the backup incomplete and VS
always has the message that it found an unwanted file with a window that I
have to close. Does anyone have any ideas about a "safe" KILL utility for
Windows 2000 Pro? The online documentation made it sound like there was a
command to do this but it doesn't seem to exist. Thanks!

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Bobby C.
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entitled "Consulting"

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm having difficulties with part of my backup. I leave Outlook running
24/7 (my email server has a message limit and I get hundreds of messages
overnight so I need to get them off my ISP's server). At 2 AM I would like
to kill the process, backup the mailbox and restart it from a batch (as part
of a larger system backup). I've created a batch file that works for this
but I'm having a problem. I downloaded the PSKill utility to kill the
process but McAfee's VirusScan sees it as an unwanted program and disables
it before my backup can use it. This leaves the backup incomplete and VS
always has the message that it found an unwanted file with a window that I
have to close. Does anyone have any ideas about a "safe" KILL utility for
Windows 2000 Pro? The online documentation made it sound like there was a
command to do this but it doesn't seem to exist. Thanks!

--

Bobby C.
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"If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's
Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The
Problem." - from the 2002 Despair series posters
entitled "Consulting"

Your question is really a McAfee question, not a Windows question,
so the McAfee FAQs might contain some useful information for you.
I normally use kill.exe which is included with the Win2000 Resource
Kit.

 

[Bobby C.]

Your question is really a McAfee question, not a Windows question,
so the McAfee FAQs might contain some useful information for you.
I normally use kill.exe which is included with the Win2000 Resource
Kit.

Bobby listened carefully from his corner of the padded cell while 'Pegasus
(MVP)' said:

I figured I would need to McAfee why this is happening. I just thought
someone would have an alternative. I cannot find a downloadable copy of
this utility. Thanks anyways...

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Bobby C.
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"If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's
Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The
Problem." - from the 2002 Despair series posters
entitled "Consulting"

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Bobby listened carefully from his corner of the padded cell while 'Pegasus
(MVP)' said:

I figured I would need to McAfee why this is happening. I just thought
someone would have an alternative. I cannot find a downloadable copy of
this utility. Thanks anyways...

--

Bobby C.
Proper reply address is without the text -REMOVE-

"If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's
Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The
Problem." - from the 2002 Despair series posters
entitled "Consulting"

I typed this into the Google search box:

kill.exe download

and I got about 1500 hits. I suspect at least some of them would
meet your requirements.

 

[Bobby C.]

I typed this into the Google search box:

kill.exe download

and I got about 1500 hits. I suspect at least some of them would
meet your requirements.

Bobby listened carefully from his corner of the padded cell while 'Pegasus
(MVP)' said:

Thanks! I did the search for "kill" and other keywords but didn't think of
"download". That did the trick...

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Bobby C.
Proper reply address is without the text -REMOVE-

"If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's
Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The
Problem." - from the 2002 Despair series posters
entitled "Consulting"