# kill windows service stuck at stopping - Link: https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/2020/06/14/kill-windows-service-stuck-at-stopping/ - Published: 2020-06-14T20:57:07+05:30 - Author: Deviprasad Panda Every infracture admin need to know the steps to force stop or kill windows service stuck at stopping by pid using taskkill or powershell. Think about a situation, you are trying to stop a windows service but its stuck at stopping status. Means service stopping hung and not responding. In this case we need to force kill windows service either by using taskkill in command line (cmd) or by powershell. Follow the step by step commands to apply in cmd for force stop service windows server. Advertisements Run command prompt as an administrator and type [taskkill help command](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill) as below. That will display parameter list like /S, /U, /P, [/FI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill), [/PID](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill),/ IM, /T, [/F](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill),/? and why these are used. You will find these parameters in the commands below. Advertisements ## kill windows service command line ```wp-block-code taskkill /? ``` ![kill windows service using taskkill windows command line](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/f8c32-kill-service-using-taskkill-windows-command- line.jpg?resize=584%2C606&ssl=1) kill windows service using taskkill windows command line Advertisements ![kill process id using taskkill windows command line](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/c007d-kill-process-id-using-taskkill-windows-command- line.jpg?resize=584%2C573&ssl=1) kill process id using taskkill windows command line Advertisements First step is to identify the “Service name” of windows service stuck at stopping. Let’s say windows update [service ](https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/category/sharepoint-services/) stuck at stopping, then right click on the service and click on properties will show you the service name “wuauserv”. Alterenatively, you can run powershell command“ [Get-Service](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-service?view=powershell-7)” to get windows service details. Run the below command in command prompt to get the PID of service. ```wp-block-code sc queryex sc queryex wuauserv ``` ![windows service properties service name](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/72f57-windows-service-properties-service-name.jpg? resize=584%2C399&ssl=1) windows service properties service name Advertisements ![sc queryex wuauserv](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/ uploads/2025/06/1c6b2-sc-queryex-wuauserv.jpg?resize=584%2C233&ssl=1) sc queryex wuauserv You can check the PID in “Task manager” under the the tab “Services”. ![PID in Task manager](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/ uploads/2025/06/8635c-pid-in-task-manager.jpg?resize=584%2C368&ssl=1) PID in Task manager Advertisements Next step is to kill windows service PID running below cmd in command prompt. ```wp-block-code taskkill /f /pid [PID] taskkill /f /pid 996 ``` ![taskkill /f /pid](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/ uploads/2025/06/ea6fe-taskkill-f-pid.jpg?resize=584%2C270&ssl=1) taskkill /f /pid Advertisements You will find the service is stopped after applying the command above. You can disable the serivce else apply the state as per your requirement. ![windows update service stopped how to disable](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/c273b-windows-update-service-stopped-how-to-disable. jpg?resize=584%2C318&ssl=1) windows update service stopped how to disable Advertisements You can kill processes from command prompt without knowing the PID by running the below command. ```wp-block-code taskkill /F /FI "SERVICES eq wuauserv" ``` ![taskkill /F /FI "SERVICES eq wuauserv"](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/b9230-taskkill-f-fi-services-eq-wuauserv.jpg?resize =584%2C88&ssl=1) taskkill /F /FI “SERVICES eq wuauserv” Advertisements You can force stop a service running with particular user id using below cmd. ```wp-block-code taskkill /F /FI "USERNAME eq Deviprasad" ``` cmd to task kill all windows services not respnding running as below. ```wp-block-code taskkill /F /FI "status eq not responding" ``` Advertisements You can kill services consuming more then a limit of memory usage following the command below. ```wp-block-code taskkill /FI "memusage gt value" taskkill /FI "memusage gt 220600" ``` ![kill pid memusage gt](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/ uploads/2025/06/bc3db-kill-pid-memusage-gt.jpg?resize=584%2C153&ssl=1) kill pid memusage gt ![kill service memusage gt](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp- content/uploads/2025/06/1b916-kill-service-memusage-gt.jpg?resize=584%2C171&ssl= 1) kill service memusage gt Advertisements Run the cmd as below to get list of tasks running in server. ```wp-block-code tasklist ``` ![tasklist](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/06/a577a-tasklist.jpg?resize=584%2C565&ssl=1) tasklist Advertisements we can run the below cmd to kill task running in the server. ```wp-block-code taskkill /F /IM taskmgr.exe ``` ![taskkill /F /IM taskmgr.exe](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/ wp-content/uploads/2025/06/0acfe-taskkill-f-im-iexplorer.jpg?resize=584%2C152&ssl =1) taskkill /F /IM taskmgr.exe Advertisements ## End task using powershell We can use below powershell commands to kill windows service. ```wp-block-code Stop-Process -ID ProcessID - Force Stop-Process -ID 6196 - Force ``` ```wp-block-code Stop-Process -Name ProcessName -Force Stop-Process -Name iexplorer -Force ``` ![kill service or pid usinf powershell](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport. com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/8962b-kill-service-or-pid-usinf-powershell.jpg?resize =584%2C315&ssl=1) kill service or pid usinf powershell Advertisements powershell command to force kill services not responding. ```wp-block-code Get-WmiObject -Class win32_service | Where-Object {$_.state -eq 'stop pending'} ``` Advertisements Watch the video to get details step by step for better understanding. 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