# Exercise: Stop the Runaway

Exercise: Stop the Runaway: Exercise: Stop the Runaway.

Updated: November 10, 2026

1. [Exercise: Stop the Runaway](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/exercise-powershell-stop-the-runaway) (Journeyman): Find three practice programs left running with no window, stop the runaway by its Id after a -WhatIf rehearsal, then write two tools, stop-runaway.ps1, which stops processes by a word in their command line and supports -WhatIf, and start-export.ps1, which starts a long export with no window and saves its Id, and let a Pester check tell you what's done.

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/courses/powershell-in-depth/topics/exercise-powershell-stop-the-runaway