How to: Terminate a Process

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With the Processes window, you can terminate any attached process, using the following procedure.

If you want to stop debugging an attached process and leave the process running, use Detach Process instead.

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To terminate an attached process

In the Processes window, right-click on the name of the process you want to detach, and click Terminate Process on the shortcut menu.