How to kill process in Windows (for example, Internet Explorer)

Sometimes you need to kill some process or instance, you can run Task Manager  :  taskmgr and kill the process manually.

But it is better to do the task faster and without a mouse.

For example:

Usually after test fails you need to cancel/delete/stop IE instances. To make it easy, do the following:

• create new text file, name and save it as a bat file, for example: stopIE.bat
• write in the stopIE.bat file the following:

taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe
taskkill /F /IM IEDriverServer.exe

• create a shortcut for the bat file
• right click on the shortcut >> Properties, click into Shortcut key field and click on your keyboard some keys, for example Ctrl + Alt + C >> click OK button
• any time just use the hot keys to run the bat file.

Using Terminal and bash in Windows

• Download Git for Windows : https://git-for-windows.github.io/
• Install, than create a file shortcut for the application (in case it is not created automatically on your Desktop)
• right click on the file shortcut > Properties:

• click into Shortcut key and then press Ctrl + Alt + T
• click OK
• anytime press Ctrl + Alt + T and enjoy
• The same way you can assign hot keys to other applications, for example Atom, Netbeans IDE or WebStorm IDE

What is automated testing?

Automated testing is a part of the testing process that uses special software to execute test scenarios, verify results and provide reports.