How to end VBScript on Windows 10?
I accidently did a cd-drive vbs prank on myself on windows 10 and I can't find the wscript.exe file.. Is there any way to end this program?
task-manager vbscript
asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
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I accidently did a cd-drive vbs prank on myself on windows 10 and I can't find the wscript.exe file.. Is there any way to end this program?
task-manager vbscript
asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
12217
rebooting windows? from task manager?
– Máté Juhász
May 18 '16 at 15:08
@MátéJuhász There is no process visible in task manager
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:08
Reboot? Look forcscript.exeprocesses instead ofwscript.exe(it's the other scripting host process).
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
May 18 '16 at 15:09
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 There are no files like that there, any other way?
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:10
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Just reboot. Unless you have set it to run at start. In which case, disable that then reboot.
– EBGreen
May 18 '16 at 15:17
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I accidently did a cd-drive vbs prank on myself on windows 10 and I can't find the wscript.exe file.. Is there any way to end this program?
task-manager vbscript
asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
12217
I accidently did a cd-drive vbs prank on myself on windows 10 and I can't find the wscript.exe file.. Is there any way to end this program?
task-manager vbscript
task-manager vbscript
asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
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asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
12217
asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
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asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
12217
asked May 18 '16 at 15:06
Shariq Musharaf
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rebooting windows? from task manager?
– Máté Juhász
May 18 '16 at 15:08
@MátéJuhász There is no process visible in task manager
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:08
Reboot? Look forcscript.exeprocesses instead ofwscript.exe(it's the other scripting host process).
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
May 18 '16 at 15:09
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 There are no files like that there, any other way?
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:10
1
Just reboot. Unless you have set it to run at start. In which case, disable that then reboot.
– EBGreen
May 18 '16 at 15:17
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rebooting windows? from task manager?
– Máté Juhász
May 18 '16 at 15:08
@MátéJuhász There is no process visible in task manager
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:08
Reboot? Look forcscript.exeprocesses instead ofwscript.exe(it's the other scripting host process).
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
May 18 '16 at 15:09
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 There are no files like that there, any other way?
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:10
1
Just reboot. Unless you have set it to run at start. In which case, disable that then reboot.
– EBGreen
May 18 '16 at 15:17
rebooting windows? from task manager?
– Máté Juhász
May 18 '16 at 15:08
rebooting windows? from task manager?
– Máté Juhász
May 18 '16 at 15:08
@MátéJuhász There is no process visible in task manager
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:08
@MátéJuhász There is no process visible in task manager
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:08
Reboot? Look for
cscript.exe processes instead of wscript.exe (it's the other scripting host process).– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
May 18 '16 at 15:09
Reboot? Look for
cscript.exe processes instead of wscript.exe (it's the other scripting host process).– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
May 18 '16 at 15:09
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 There are no files like that there, any other way?
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:10
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 There are no files like that there, any other way?
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:10
1
1
Just reboot. Unless you have set it to run at start. In which case, disable that then reboot.
– EBGreen
May 18 '16 at 15:17
Just reboot. Unless you have set it to run at start. In which case, disable that then reboot.
– EBGreen
May 18 '16 at 15:17
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Your script probably runs elevated so could become invisible in normal unelevated task manager. Run it elevated as well.
Another approach: open an elevated command line window. Then, taskkill /? could suggest a solution (or read taskkill: End one or more processes by process ID or image name article).
To find process ID of any running Windows scripting engine i.e either wscript.exe or cscript.exe, type
tasklist | findstr /I "PID script.exe"
and search for .vbs i.e. VBScript file extension:
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%.vbs%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
and search for your script file name (let's say cdprank.vbs):
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%cdprank%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
answered May 18 '16 at 21:52
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Look for something called "Microsoft Windows Based Script Host" in the running processes. End this process and you should be fine.
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
11
How does this differ from the accepted answer
– Ramhound
Mar 25 '17 at 14:48
This is how I do it as well. Why was this down-voted? Much simpler than the accepted answer. You just run Task Manager, look for the above string, and click "end task".
– Blisterpeanuts
Nov 1 at 19:09
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For Windows 10 TaskManager>Details search for wscript.exe Right click and select End Process tree.
answered Dec 5 at 13:45
AV Sunil Kumar
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Your script probably runs elevated so could become invisible in normal unelevated task manager. Run it elevated as well.
Another approach: open an elevated command line window. Then, taskkill /? could suggest a solution (or read taskkill: End one or more processes by process ID or image name article).
To find process ID of any running Windows scripting engine i.e either wscript.exe or cscript.exe, type
tasklist | findstr /I "PID script.exe"
and search for .vbs i.e. VBScript file extension:
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%.vbs%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
and search for your script file name (let's say cdprank.vbs):
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%cdprank%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
answered May 18 '16 at 21:52
JosefZ
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Your script probably runs elevated so could become invisible in normal unelevated task manager. Run it elevated as well.
Another approach: open an elevated command line window. Then, taskkill /? could suggest a solution (or read taskkill: End one or more processes by process ID or image name article).
To find process ID of any running Windows scripting engine i.e either wscript.exe or cscript.exe, type
tasklist | findstr /I "PID script.exe"
and search for .vbs i.e. VBScript file extension:
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%.vbs%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
and search for your script file name (let's say cdprank.vbs):
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%cdprank%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
answered May 18 '16 at 21:52
JosefZ
7,13541543
add a comment |
Your script probably runs elevated so could become invisible in normal unelevated task manager. Run it elevated as well.
Another approach: open an elevated command line window. Then, taskkill /? could suggest a solution (or read taskkill: End one or more processes by process ID or image name article).
To find process ID of any running Windows scripting engine i.e either wscript.exe or cscript.exe, type
tasklist | findstr /I "PID script.exe"
and search for .vbs i.e. VBScript file extension:
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%.vbs%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
and search for your script file name (let's say cdprank.vbs):
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%cdprank%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
answered May 18 '16 at 21:52
JosefZ
7,13541543
Your script probably runs elevated so could become invisible in normal unelevated task manager. Run it elevated as well.
Another approach: open an elevated command line window. Then, taskkill /? could suggest a solution (or read taskkill: End one or more processes by process ID or image name article).
To find process ID of any running Windows scripting engine i.e either wscript.exe or cscript.exe, type
tasklist | findstr /I "PID script.exe"
and search for .vbs i.e. VBScript file extension:
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%.vbs%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
and search for your script file name (let's say cdprank.vbs):
wmic process where "CommandLine like '%cdprank%' and name != 'wmic.exe'" get /value
answered May 18 '16 at 21:52
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Look for something called "Microsoft Windows Based Script Host" in the running processes. End this process and you should be fine.
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
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How does this differ from the accepted answer
– Ramhound
Mar 25 '17 at 14:48
This is how I do it as well. Why was this down-voted? Much simpler than the accepted answer. You just run Task Manager, look for the above string, and click "end task".
– Blisterpeanuts
Nov 1 at 19:09
add a comment |
Look for something called "Microsoft Windows Based Script Host" in the running processes. End this process and you should be fine.
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
11
How does this differ from the accepted answer
– Ramhound
Mar 25 '17 at 14:48
This is how I do it as well. Why was this down-voted? Much simpler than the accepted answer. You just run Task Manager, look for the above string, and click "end task".
– Blisterpeanuts
Nov 1 at 19:09
add a comment |
Look for something called "Microsoft Windows Based Script Host" in the running processes. End this process and you should be fine.
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
11
Look for something called "Microsoft Windows Based Script Host" in the running processes. End this process and you should be fine.
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
11
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
11
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
11
answered Mar 25 '17 at 14:15
DZoten
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How does this differ from the accepted answer
– Ramhound
Mar 25 '17 at 14:48
This is how I do it as well. Why was this down-voted? Much simpler than the accepted answer. You just run Task Manager, look for the above string, and click "end task".
– Blisterpeanuts
Nov 1 at 19:09
add a comment |
How does this differ from the accepted answer
– Ramhound
Mar 25 '17 at 14:48
This is how I do it as well. Why was this down-voted? Much simpler than the accepted answer. You just run Task Manager, look for the above string, and click "end task".
– Blisterpeanuts
Nov 1 at 19:09
How does this differ from the accepted answer
– Ramhound
Mar 25 '17 at 14:48
How does this differ from the accepted answer
– Ramhound
Mar 25 '17 at 14:48
This is how I do it as well. Why was this down-voted? Much simpler than the accepted answer. You just run Task Manager, look for the above string, and click "end task".
– Blisterpeanuts
Nov 1 at 19:09
This is how I do it as well. Why was this down-voted? Much simpler than the accepted answer. You just run Task Manager, look for the above string, and click "end task".
– Blisterpeanuts
Nov 1 at 19:09
add a comment |
For Windows 10 TaskManager>Details search for wscript.exe Right click and select End Process tree.
answered Dec 5 at 13:45
AV Sunil Kumar
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For Windows 10 TaskManager>Details search for wscript.exe Right click and select End Process tree.
answered Dec 5 at 13:45
AV Sunil Kumar
1
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For Windows 10 TaskManager>Details search for wscript.exe Right click and select End Process tree.
answered Dec 5 at 13:45
AV Sunil Kumar
1
For Windows 10 TaskManager>Details search for wscript.exe Right click and select End Process tree.
answered Dec 5 at 13:45
AV Sunil Kumar
1
answered Dec 5 at 13:45
AV Sunil Kumar
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answered Dec 5 at 13:45
AV Sunil Kumar
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answered Dec 5 at 13:45
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rebooting windows? from task manager?
– Máté Juhász
May 18 '16 at 15:08
@MátéJuhász There is no process visible in task manager
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:08
Reboot? Look for
cscript.exeprocesses instead ofwscript.exe(it's the other scripting host process).– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
May 18 '16 at 15:09
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 There are no files like that there, any other way?
– Shariq Musharaf
May 18 '16 at 15:10
1
Just reboot. Unless you have set it to run at start. In which case, disable that then reboot.
– EBGreen
May 18 '16 at 15:17