> Hi All,
>
> I want to be able to close a specific file from the command line.
>
> e.g.
>
> I open the file "temp.txt" using:
>
> start "" notepad
> temp.txt
>
> and now I want to close just that file.
>
> Trawling on the net, I have found "taskkill", but I need to be able to
> find the file PID, otherwise I have to close all instances of notepad.
>
> e.g.
>
> taskkill /F /IM
> notepad.exe
>
> Any clues on how I can find the file PID ??
>
> Thanks

Don't need the PID, the window title can be used, like this

taskkill /fi "IMAGENAME eq notepad.exe" /fi "WINDOWTITLE eq temp.txt - Notepad"


But if you really want the PID, this will do it, remember to double the percent's for CMD, and quadruple for ZTree Application menu.

for /f "tokens=2" %I in ('tasklist /fi "IMAGENAME eq notepad.exe" /fi "WINDOWTITLE eq temp.txt - Notepad" ^| find /i "notepad.exe"') do set _PID=%I

Ben