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If I have two identical programs running, let say MS Word, and these two
applications start at the same time, how can I tell the process ID of them?
Thanks
 
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Hi
If I have two identical programs running, let say MS Word, and these two
applications start at the same time, how can I tell the process ID of them?
Thanks
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Either by checking the Task Manager or by running the command
TaskList.exe from the Command Prompt.
 
Hi
If I have two identical programs running, let say MS Word, and these two
applications start at the same time, how can I tell the process ID of them?
Thanks
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Open up task manager, and click the processes tab.

If you don't see the PID, you'll need to enable it by going to the view
menu, and entering "Select Columns". The PID is one of the first
options in the dialogue box
 
Raymond Martineau said:
Open up task manager, and click the processes tab.

If you don't see the PID, you'll need to enable it by going to the view
menu, and entering "Select Columns". The PID is one of the first
options in the dialogue box
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Thanks for your reply,
However, there are two MS Word are running. If I want to kill one of them,
and keep the other one which contains unsave information, how can I tell
which process ID is associating with the unwanted one?
 
a said:
Raymond Martineau said:
Open up task manager, and click the processes tab.

If you don't see the PID, you'll need to enable it by going to the view
menu, and entering "Select Columns". The PID is one of the first
options in the dialogue box
Click to expand...

Thanks for your reply,
However, there are two MS Word are running. If I want to kill one of them,
and keep the other one which contains unsave[d] information, how can I tell
which process ID is associating with the unwanted one?
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You can't. Save the unsaved information, then kill both if you have to.
 
Pegasus (MVP) said:
a said:
Raymond Martineau said:
Hi
If I have two identical programs running, let say MS Word, and these two
applications start at the same time, how can I tell the process ID
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of
them?
Thanks

Open up task manager, and click the processes tab.

If you don't see the PID, you'll need to enable it by going to the view
menu, and entering "Select Columns". The PID is one of the first
options in the dialogue box
Click to expand...

Thanks for your reply,
However, there are two MS Word are running. If I want to kill one of them,
and keep the other one which contains unsave[d] information, how can I tell
which process ID is associating with the unwanted one?
Click to expand...

You can't. Save the unsaved information, then kill both if you have to.
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So, I can only guess in this situation?
Thanks
 
Thanks for your reply,
However, there are two MS Word are running. If I want to kill one of them,
and keep the other one which contains unsave information, how can I tell
which process ID is associating with the unwanted one?
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That's different, and is impossible with stock tools. You might have
some luck with Process Explorer, but you're basically doing a high-risk
maneuver. Alternativly, you could try using a debugger to freeze the
application (and thus determine which process can be safely closed.)

In either case, it's not something advisable unless you know exactly
what you are doing.
 
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