diff --git a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqCommon.py b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqCommon.py
index 3ea8273e7f..7f972d857e 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqCommon.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqCommon.py
@@ -578,18 +578,40 @@ class TMQCom:
         tdLog.info("wait subscriptions exit for %d s"%wait_cnt)
 
     def killProcesser(self, processerName):
-        killCmd = (
-            "ps -ef|grep -w %s| grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -TERM > /dev/null 2>&1"
-            % processerName
-        )
-
-        psCmd = "ps -ef|grep -w %s| grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'" % processerName
-        processID = subprocess.check_output(psCmd, shell=True)
+        if platform.system().lower() == 'windows':
+            killCmd = ("wmic process where name=\"%s.exe\" call terminate > NUL 2>&1" % processerName)
+            psCmd = ("wmic process where name=\"%s.exe\" | findstr \"%s.exe\"" % (processerName, processerName))
+        else:
+            killCmd = (
+                "ps -ef|grep -w %s| grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -TERM > /dev/null 2>&1"
+                % processerName
+            )
+            psCmd = ("ps -ef|grep -w %s| grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'" % processerName)
 
+        processID = ""
+        
+        try: 
+            processID = subprocess.check_output(psCmd, shell=True)
+        except Exception as err:
+            processID = ""
+            print('**** warn: ', err)        
+        
         while processID:
             os.system(killCmd)
             time.sleep(1)
-            processID = subprocess.check_output(psCmd, shell=True)
+            try: 
+                processID = subprocess.check_output(psCmd, shell=True)
+            except Exception as err:
+                processID = ""
+                print('**** warn: ', err)
+                
+    def startProcess(self, processName, param):
+        if platform.system().lower() == 'windows':
+            cmd = f"mintty -h never %s %s > NUL 2>&1" % (processName, param)
+        else:
+            cmd = f"nohup %s %s > /dev/null 2>&1 &" % (processName, param)
+        tdLog.info("%s"%(cmd))
+        os.system(cmd)                
 
     def close(self):
         self.cursor.close()
diff --git a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqDropConsumer.py b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqDropConsumer.py
index 06ce4c0fd7..137b5c6584 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqDropConsumer.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqDropConsumer.py
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         
         # use taosBenchmark to subscribe  
         binPath = self.getPath()
-        cmd = "nohup %s -f ./7-tmq/tmqDropConsumer.json > /dev/null 2>&1 & " % binPath
-        tdLog.info("%s"%(cmd))
-        os.system(cmd)
+        tmqCom.startProcess(binPath, "-f ./7-tmq/tmqDropConsumer.json")        
                 
         expectTopicNum = len(topicNameList)
         consumerThreadNum = 2
diff --git a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py
index d22b79a44c..75e2993a5b 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         
         # use taosBenchmark to subscribe  
         binPath = self.getPath()
-        cmd = "nohup %s -f ./7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.json > /dev/null 2>&1 & " % binPath
-        tdLog.info("%s"%(cmd))
-        os.system(cmd)
+        tmqCom.startProcess(binPath, "-f ./7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.json")
                 
         expectTopicNum = 1
         expectConsumerNUm = 99