Windows 10 Batch file to kill MS Word

Skynotempty · Jan 8, 2020

Working with a few documents in Win 10 using MS Word
Closed the files, quit MS Word and then started doing cleanup
I was informed MS Word was still open or the file was still in use by Word

In Win 7 I had a batch file that rested on desktop which with one click would kill the task
Can this be done in Win 10?

Far as I remember it was a simple file, but I am too simple to remember it

Any help appreciated

Neemobeer · Jan 8, 2020

I would agree Microsoft Word shouldn't stay open needlessly long after closing. It's possible you just left an instance of it open?

taskkill /IM winword.exe would be sufficient in a batch file to kill all open Microsoft Word processes, but you risk losing or corrupting any data that may be open.

GDany · Jan 8, 2020

Skynotempty said:
Working with a few documents in Win 10 using MS Word
Closed the files, quit MS Word and then started doing cleanup
I was informed MS Word was still open or the file was still in use by Word

In Win 7 I had a batch file that rested on desktop which with one click would kill the task
Can this be done in Win 10?

Far as I remember it was a simple file, but I am too simple to remember it

Any help appreciated

MS Word, like any other MS program, saves files in the background when you shut it down. There is no need to force close the program with a batch file, it will shutdown by itself when it will finish his job.
You also have, probably, "Print in background" option enabled in settings. MS Word does not work as a resident program.

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Neemobeer · Jan 8, 2020

I would agree Microsoft Word shouldn't stay open needlessly long after closing. It's possible you just left an instance of it open?

taskkill /IM winword.exe would be sufficient in a batch file to kill all open Microsoft Word processes, but you risk losing or corrupting any data that may be open.

Skynotempty · Jan 8, 2020

Neemobeer said:
I would agree Microsoft Word shouldn't stay open needlessly long after closing. It's possible you just left an instance of it open?

taskkill /IM winword.exe would be sufficient in a batch file to kill all open Microsoft Word processes, but you risk losing or corrupting any data that may be open.

Thank you.
I knew it was either a 1 or 2 line deal.

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