how to find and stop process using port on windows

Summary: Improve troubleshooting section to include details on how to find and stop process using port on Windows. Closes facebook#9997 Differential Revision: D3893954 Pulled By: hramos fbshipit-source-id: 2670b94c02b42516f8f610977b282032f3202a8b
kogosoftwarellc · Sep 20, 2016 · ebecd48 · ebecd48
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@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Then run the following to terminate the process:
 
 `$ kill -9 <PID>`
 
+On Windows you can find the process using port 8081 using [Resource Monitor](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48198/how-can-you-find-out-which-process-is-listening-on-a-port-on-windows) and stop it using Task Manager.
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 #### Using a port other than 8081
 
 You can configure the packager to use a port other than 8081 by using the `port` parameter: