Finding a Port which is already in use : Windows

Scenario:

You want to find out a port which is used by another application.

Step1:

Open Command Prompt in elevated mode

Step 2 :

Enter following command : netstat -aon | findstr :80

This command is to find application which s using port 80. The command will show the process id of the application.

Note that you will see the process id. Current case process id is : 3428

Step 3 :

Open Windows Task Manager – > View -> Select Columns –> Click PID –> OK

Step 4 :

Open Process , Sort by Process ID, Select the desired process , Click End Process Tree

 

Select the Process which shows PID you found above , then right click End Process Tree

This will close the application which is running on specified port.

 

 

 

 

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