Use PowerShell to stop-process, can i bypass confirm?
Solution 1
Try
stop-process -ProcessName alcore.* -Force
From get-help stop-process
:
On Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, to stop a process that is not owned by the current user, you must start Windows PowerShell with the "Run as administrator" option. Also, you are prompted for confirmation unless you use the Force parameter.
Solution 2
-Confirm:$false
Solution 3
If you don't want it to do a confirmation then don't use the -confirm option but instead the -force. Doing this will cause the process to be stopped without any user confirmation.
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Solution 4
-Confirm:$false is correct and works for all PS confirmation prompts.
Comments
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Hcabnettek almost 2 years
I'm a powershell newbie, but I often find myself starting and stopping a small group of services when I'm debugging some code. In Powershell I can easily stop the processes using a wildcard but it makes me confirm. There is a -confirm parameter, but I must not be using it correctly?
`Stop-Process -ProcessName alcore.* -Confirm`
Can I bypass the confirm and just stop the process?
Thanks for any help, ~ck in San Diego
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Thomas B in BDX over 6 yearsactually this doesn't work:
[server]: PS C:\Users\user\Documents> Stop-Process -Name python -Confirm:$false
still prompts me:Confirm Are you sure you want to perform the Stop-Process operation on the following item: python(248)? [Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [?] Help (default is "Y"):
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Bob's Jellyfish almost 6 yearsexemple : Stop-Process -d 11048 -Confirm:$false
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luckman212 about 4 yearsRight. This should work, but it doesn't. You have to pass
-Force
. Not sure if this is a bug or intended.