List and kill multiple processes in PowerShell having same username

Question

I have 4-5 process (like java.exe, javaw.exe etc) having username "OWNER"(suppose). Below is the script that filters the java.exe process and kills it if it belongs to "OWNER". I need your help to modify this so that any process related to "OWNER" would be killed if found.

It's working on prod boxes from past 2 years without any issue for java.exe . I want to add feature for more process in this script, need help for that. — RonyA
– RonyA, Commented May 28, 2017 at 14:03
it cannot possibly work, its a typo or a mistake, just try it — 4c74356b41
– 4c74356b41, Commented May 28, 2017 at 14:13

4c74356b41 · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-28 14:24:21Z

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Just do it with Get-Process:

get-process -IncludeUserName | where username -like $username | stop-process

Basically your whole script can be replaced with this line

answered May 28, 2017 at 14:24

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RonyA Over a year ago

V3 don't have includeusername

Prasoon Karunan V · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-29 14:50:54Z

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Get-Process with -IncludeUsername switch is only available in WMF 5.0.

WMI is the option here.

You could probably terminate the process just by checking the owner equals to the corresponding user.

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process | Where-Object -FilterScript { 
$_.GetOwner.User -eq "$Owner" } | Invoke-WmiMethod -Name Terminate

Edit: The above code is a one liner, you could save the out put of Get-WmiObject in a variable and for foreach through the collection to print the process id and call the terminate() method instead of using Invoke-WmiMethod.

Note:This code is not tested

edited May 29, 2017 at 14:50

answered May 29, 2017 at 6:13

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RonyA Over a year ago

This seems to be good idea . Although I first want to print the process ID and want to kill that.. How to do that with the command you typed ..

Prasoon Karunan V Over a year ago

You will not get a ready made script for your task from StackOverflow, I have edited the Answer by giving you max hint.

RonyA Over a year ago

In the actual script I pasted I want that to be used as some dependency on that section . Hope you got the point . I will try to club all the help you guys provided .

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