diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/OSProcessUtil.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/OSProcessUtil.java
index 4c24b93e0d6a..4ec4be31f7d0 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/OSProcessUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/OSProcessUtil.java
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ public class OSProcessUtil {
     if (SystemInfo.isWindows) {
       try {
         if (Registry.is("disable.winp")) {
-          WinProcessManager.kill(process, true);
+          return WinProcessManager.kill(process, true);
         }
         else {
           createWinProcess(process).killRecursively();
+          return true;
         }
-        return true;
       }
       catch (Throwable e) {
         LOG.info("Cannot kill process tree", e);
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/process/WinProcessManager.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/process/WinProcessManager.java
index 47f953e9b8a7..609dc150792d 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/process/WinProcessManager.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/execution/process/WinProcessManager.java
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.execution.process;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.util.ReflectionUtil;
 import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
 import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Kernel32;
 import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinNT;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 /**
  * @author Alexey.Ushakov
  */
 public class WinProcessManager {
+  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance(WinProcessManager.class);
 
   private WinProcessManager() {}
 
@@ -57,8 +57,17 @@ public class WinProcessManager {
    * @param process Windows process
    * @param tree true to also kill all subprocesses
    */
-  public static void kill(Process process, boolean tree) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-    int pid = getProcessPid(process);
-    Runtime.getRuntime().exec("taskkill /PID " + pid + (tree ? " /t" : "") + " /f").waitFor();
+  public static boolean kill(Process process, boolean tree) {
+    try {
+      int pid = getProcessPid(process);
+      String command = "taskkill /PID " + pid + (tree ? " /t" : "") + " /f";
+      LOG.debug(command);
+      Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command).waitFor();
+      return true;
+    }
+    catch (Exception e) {
+      LOG.warn(e);
+    }
+    return false;
   }
 }