Close socket handle utility

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Hi I need a utility to close server socket handles open by the process, on windows. I cannot use tcpview as it does not close the server socket (ESTABLISHED state). Process explorer comes close with its handle list and "close handle" option, but it only gives the handle path (like \Device\Afd) and if application has open many such sockets I cannot tell which handle I would like to close. Any idea?

Just out of curiosity, why would you want to do this? Closing handles out from under a process is potentially hazardous. See technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/… — Luke

KMån KMån · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-22T08:19:33

Checkout CurrPorts;

CurrPorts allows you to close unwanted TCP connections, kill the process that opened the ports

Close socket handle utility

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