Windows Developer Help: Knowing a Process with port and killing it
Sometimes we need to know the application or process that is using a particular port and kill or stop that process in a Microsoft Windows based PC. Following command (Netstat ), shows list of process and port it is using Netstat -a -n -o You can pipe the response with more command like follows, Netstat -a -n -o | more Once we know the Process ID(PID) of the process using a particular port, we can use the following command to know more about the process or kill it. tasklist /svc /FI "PID eq 1196" ( Get details about the process) taskkill /PID 827 (Killl the process, similar to ps -ef in linux)