How to Kill a NAV Application Server Windows Service

You may have many experiences where you were in need of killing a NAV Application Server or NAV Service Tier Windows Service which has been stuck at stopping. Basically, you may  have wanted to get this done without needing to reboot a server in the middle of the day.

Here’s what you need to do:

Step 1. Find out the Service Name

To do this, go in to services and double click on the service which has stuck.  Make a note of the “Service Name”.

Step 2. Find out the PID of the service

Open an elevated command prompt and type in:

sc queryex servicename

Make note of the PID

Step 3. Kill the PID

From the same command prompt type in:

taskkill /f /pid [PID]

Be careful of what you are killing though.  If you kill a critical windows service you may end up forcing the machine to reboot on it own.