Batch program to to check if process exists

Question

I want a batch program, which will check if the process notepad.exe exists.

if notepad.exe exists, it will end the process

Answer 1

Try this:

@echo off
set run=
tasklist /fi "imagename eq notepad.exe" | find ":" > nul
if errorlevel 1 set run=yes
if "%run%"=="yes" echo notepad is running
if "%run%"=="" echo notepad is not running
pause