Batch script to close all open Command Prompt windows

Question

I have a .cmd file which I call to open multiple instances of Command Prompt via:

launcher.cmd -fs
launcher.cmd -tds
launcher.cmd -fsd

Each command open a new command prompt.

So what I want to do is create a batch file to automatically close all the opened Command Prompt instead of manually doing it.

Answer 1

Be carefull: you might kill more processes than you want:

taskkill /IM cmd.exe

You can add extra filters:

taskkill /IM cmd.exe /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq launcher*"

use

tasklist /FI "imagename eq cmd.exe " /V

to get a glimpse of what cmd.exe processes will be taskkill-ed

You could add the /F parameter to force the process to close but I would only use that if the process doesn't respond to a normal request.