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terminate a process (Vb.NET 1.1)

Hi!

Given the process Id, how can I forcefully terminate a process? I tried Process.GetProcessById(id).Kill(), but i get an "Access Denied" exception for a number of processes, even though I can terminate them via Task Manager.

Thanks,
muskad202

king_villy

Use this code , by using this code you can terminate Process by name , by id both of style s
hope it will help you

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public Sub Terminator_Sub

Dim target_hwnd, target_process_id, target_process_handle As Integer

' Get the target's window handle.
target_hwnd = FindWindow(vbNullString, "Name of Terminated Process")
If (target_hwnd = 0) Then
MessageBox.Show("Error finding target window handle")
Exit Sub
End If

' Get the process ID.
target_process_id = 0
GetWindowThreadProcessId(target_hwnd, target_process_id)
If (target_process_id = 0) Then
MessageBox.Show("Error finding target process ID")
Exit Sub
End If

' Open the process.
target_process_handle = OpenProcess( _
SYNCHRONIZE Or PROCESS_TERMINATE, _
0, target_process_id)

If (target_process_handle = 0) Then
MessageBox.Show("Error finding target process handle")
Exit Sub
End If

' Terminate the process.
If (TerminateProcess(target_process_handle, 2) = 0) Then
MessageBox.Show("Error terminating process")
Else
MessageBox.Show("Process terminated")
End If

' Close the process.
CloseHandle(target_process_handle)
End Sub

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