# Re: Killing a windows process

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-killing-a-windows-process/73924>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 28, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-killing-a-windows-process/73924 "2006-10-28T01:12:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-killing-a-windows-process/73924/1 "2006-10-28T01:12:45Z")

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From: Joe Van D. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]

> I’m starting a bunch of processes using win32/process  
> ([http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32utils/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32utils/)). I want to be able to  
> kill some of those processes. In \*nix, I’d send them a TERM signal.  
> What’s the Windows equivalent?

[http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Killing-Trees-the-Windows-way](http://www.sapphiresteel.com/Killing-Trees-the-Windows-way)

[http://www.google.com/search?q=ruby+kill+windows+process](http://www.google.com/search?q=ruby+kill+windows+process)