https://github.com/gabriel-m-martins/vs_cpp_killer
Kills all processes of `vcpkgsrv.exe` that Visual Studio spawns and doesn't clean up.
https://github.com/gabriel-m-martins/vs_cpp_killer
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Kills all processes of `vcpkgsrv.exe` that Visual Studio spawns and doesn't clean up.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/gabriel-m-martins/vs_cpp_killer
- Owner: Gabriel-M-Martins
- Created: 2025-09-17T18:34:48.000Z (9 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-09-17T18:53:32.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-17T20:57:22.722Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: cpp, ide, process-manager, visual-studio
- Language: Python
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- Size: 8.79 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# Visual Studio C++ Killer
This is a simple python script that finds all processes that Visual Studio spawns when jumping to definitions, searching etc and then kills them (the process name is `vcpkgsrv.exe`).
I have also provided an example of the `.bat` that I use to run this script from anywhere on my machine. Just place it on your environment variables if on Windows, which you probably are.
## How to use
1. Create a python venv:
- `python -m venv venv`
3. Activate the venv:
- If using PowerShell: `.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1`
- If using CMD: `.\venv\Scripts\Activate`
4. Install requirements.txt:
- Call `pip install -r requirements.txt`
Now everything is setup and you can run the script. I recommend setting up the `.bat` aswell but I will leave you to that.