diff --git a/lib/Launcher.js b/lib/Launcher.js
index 770914c8a564a..a2a326bdcb97b 100644
--- a/lib/Launcher.js
+++ b/lib/Launcher.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Launcher {
       } else {
         // Terminate chrome gracefully.
         if (process.platform === 'win32')
-          chromeProcess.kill();
+          childProcess.execSync(`taskkill /pid ${chromeProcess.pid}`);
         else
           process.kill(-chromeProcess.pid, 'SIGTERM');
       }