title: Mistakenly Killed the sqlserver.exe process in task manager, how to restart it?
body: <p>I mistakenly killed the <code>sqlserver.exe</code> process in <code>Task Manager &gt; Process &gt; (show processes by all users) &gt; sqlserver.exe</code></p>
  
  <p>Now my database is not connecting, Management Studio and all applications shows this error</p>
  
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    <p>A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.)</p>
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  <p>Even in the configuration manager, the services are not showing up.. Kindly help as I need to get access to it. Data in this instance is very important..   </p>