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  • June 24, 2025
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Mandar12
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hi team, 
im trying to kill Excel and chrome using Open program/file action. Below i have mentioned screenshot of same
 

 

Best answer by Tamil Arasu10

Hi ​@Mandar12,,

Please find the below steps,

 

In the "Program/File Path" field, enter:
cmd.exe

In the "Parameters" field, enter:
/c taskkill /F /IM excel.exe 
/c tells CMD to execute the command and then close.
taskkill /F /IM excel.exe forcefully closes Excel.

Thanks
MAIYA_0

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Tamil Arasu10
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  • June 24, 2025

Hi ​@Mandar12,,

Please find the below steps,

 

In the "Program/File Path" field, enter:
cmd.exe

In the "Parameters" field, enter:
/c taskkill /F /IM excel.exe 
/c tells CMD to execute the command and then close.
taskkill /F /IM excel.exe forcefully closes Excel.

_Tamil_
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  • July 1, 2025

Hello ​@Mandar12 
You wrote parameters in wrong place as in start in path

If you write location as Taskkill
and parameters as /f /im excel.exe it will close the excel file with force.

MAIYA_0
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  • July 1, 2025

Hello, Please do find attached screenshot for reference.

Task kill Activity - Excel

 

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