“netstat” command is used to check which program is using which port.
Here are steps to forcefully free used ports.
Steps:
1) Search cmd and run it as Admin Mode by choosing “Run as administrator” on right click.
2) Type following command and hit enter
netstat –ano
This will provide a list of ports, along with the PID (process ID) that has those ports open.
(Shortcut: netstat -ano | findstr portNumber)
3) Now Check the process id corresponding to which you want to free port
taskkill /PID XXX
4) To forcefully kill
taskkill /F /PID XXX