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Is there way to close all CMD windows [including hidden ones] using strictly PowerShell code [thus not inserting to a PS1 file the >>taskkill<< batch command]?

These do not work
even when executed with privileges

This works for a CMD window that I open manually - i.e. by executing

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

or

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

But it leaves opened all CMD windows that were evoked by executing of some BAT files and which are paused after displaying of some text

I have found the culprit: it is an active countdown in CMD window that is making it immune to being closed

Even a BAT as simple as this one
will not be closed until the timeout is finished, even if PS1 is using both methods
and is being run as Administrator while BAT without privileges


But solution to this seems to be using of either
or
as apparently CMD window with active timeout in it changes its name to such. This works even if BAT has been executed as Administrator while PS1 was not


Thank you for suggesting usage of the Get-Process approach

DOSadnie wrote: ↑

09 Aug 2023 04:32

I have found the culprit: it is an active countdown in CMD window that is making it immune to being closed
[...]
as apparently CMD window with active timeout in it changes its name to such
[...]

And I have discovered a second [unrelated] case in which using of the
command creates an issue: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10897&p=69035#p69035