How to stop a long running cmdlet in PowerShell

Question

Let's say I run this cmdelt :

C:\> Get-EventLog Application

This cmdlet takes forever showing events and never stops, is there a certain command or something I can type to stop it and return to my C:\> ?

Solution 1

Hit Ctrl + C to break the cmdlet in process, returning you to the C: prompt.

Ctrl + C

Solution 2

This depends on the environment you are working in.

Ctrl + C works in the PowerShell console and ISE. I use the PowerGUI script editor and to achieve the same I use Shift + F5.

Comments

[orion elenzil]

Ctrl + C often fails to interrupt commands. For example, Get-FileHash -Algorithm MD5 -Path '<some large file on network storage>'. The key-combo does work, but it takes maybe two minutes.