Process management (Get/Stop-Process) in PowerShell - Cheat Sheet & Quick Revision

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beginner

What does the <code>Get-Process</code> cmdlet do in PowerShell?

Get-Process shows a list of all running processes on your computer. It helps you see what programs or services are active.

beginner

How do you stop a process by its name using PowerShell?

You use Stop-Process -Name <processName>. For example, Stop-Process -Name notepad stops all Notepad processes.

beginner

What parameter would you use with Get-Process to find a specific process by its ID?

Use -Id parameter. For example, Get-Process -Id 1234 shows the process with ID 1234.

intermediate

What happens if you try to stop a process that requires administrator rights without running PowerShell as admin?

The command will fail with an error because you don’t have permission to stop that process. You need to run PowerShell as administrator.

beginner

How can you stop a process using its process ID in PowerShell?

Use Stop-Process -Id <processId>. For example, Stop-Process -Id 5678 stops the process with ID 5678.

Which cmdlet lists all running processes on your computer?

A Stop-Process

B Get-Process

C Start-Process

D New-Process

Get-Process lists running processes. Stop-Process stops them.

How do you stop a process named 'chrome' using PowerShell?

A Stop-Process -Id chrome

B Get-Process -Name chrome

C Stop-Process -Name chrome

D Kill-Process chrome

Use Stop-Process -Name chrome to stop all Chrome processes.

What parameter lets you specify a process ID with Get-Process?

A -Id

B -PIDName

C -ProcessId

D -Name

The correct parameter is -Id to specify a process ID.

If you don’t run PowerShell as administrator, what happens when you try to stop a system process?

A You get a permission error

B PowerShell crashes

C Process stops successfully

D Process restarts automatically

You get a permission error because stopping system processes requires admin rights.

Which command stops a process with ID 4321?

A Kill-Process -Id 4321

B Stop-Process -Name 4321

C Get-Process -Id 4321

D Stop-Process -Id 4321

Stop-Process -Id 4321 stops the process with that ID.

Explain how to list all running processes and then stop one by its name using PowerShell.

Think about how you first see processes and then stop one by name.

Describe what permissions are needed to stop certain processes and how to handle permission errors in PowerShell.

Consider what happens when you try to stop system processes.