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/ kill_children.ps1
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Kill all child processes of current Powershell script/session
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| function KillChildren | |
| { | |
| Param( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=1)] | |
| [int]$parentProcessId | |
| ) | |
| Get-WmiObject win32_process | where {$_.ParentProcessId -eq $parentProcessId} | ForEach { KillChildren $_.ProcessId } | |
| Get-WmiObject win32_process | where {$_.ParentProcessId -eq $parentProcessId} | ForEach { Stop-Process $_.ProcessId 2>$null } | |
| } |