Solving the "ghost" Java process
"Ghost Process", "Zombie Process", "Unkillable Process", etc... is basically a process that can't be killed/remove from system. You might have this problem when you play Minecraft, or you're hosting a server using Java. I do also have this problem as well, and I want to share with you how do I fixed it. Now you might came here for the "there is no running instance of the task" error when you're using taskkill /f /im javaw.exe . If so then you're in the right place. Some notes: For Linux users, simply use kill -9 What I've tried? Search Google (none of them are related to Java) Reinstall drivers (as well as update the drivers) Uninstall updates (doesn't do anything, as well as putting my PC into risk) So, how do I fixed it? Simply reinstall Java! Now you might be disappointed, because reinstalling Java is an easy task, and everyone can do it. But man, this takes me a long time until I remember "Rein