tcpview cannot kill connection/process

Posted by Stig on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Stig
Published on 2011-03-16T10:07:26Z Indexed on 2012/06/10 10:42 UTC
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I have a program that sometime misses to close a tcp connection.

After the program has ended I can see that the port is taken. TCPViewer shows "non-existent" in the "Process" column.

If i try to "End process" or "Close connection" nothing happens.

If i reboot the server the port is released. But how can I tell Windows to release this port without a reboot?

SOLUTION: It was dw20.exe (Microsoft Error Reporting) that was holding it back.

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