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WMIC.exe process

Create a process:
wmic process call create notepad.exe
Query processes and their process ids:
wmic process get processId,name
wmic process where "name='cmd.exe'" get parentProcessId,ProcessId
Terminate a process. (Note, must be executed in cmd.exe, does not seem to work in PowerShell):
wmic process where name="notepad.exe" call terminate

See also

WMIC.exe

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