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How do I terminate a process based on application name instead of process name in vbs?

I'm looking for the correct syntax in vbs to kill a process based on it's application name in task manager. My current code kills the process based on it's process name, but the problem now is that it kills all running iexplore processes whereas they require it to just kill one specific instance.

KillApps = "iexplore.exe, Please Wait.exe"
For Each app In Split(KillApps, ", ")
    Set objProcs=GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("select * from Win32_Process where Name='" & app & "'")
    For Each process In objProcs
        process.Terminate
    Next
Next
 
WScript.Quit

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robkarlen

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Would creating a small executable in AutoIT be my best solution? I don't think it's possible to terminate on anything aside from process or PID.

RobSampson

It is possible, but it requires that Microsoft Word is installed:

How Can I Close a Command Window with a Specific Title?
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/nov05/hey1130.mspx

Regards,

Rob.

robkarlen

ASKER

That's so very close to what I need but unfortunately not all of our machines have Word. Can you create an object of word viewer and accomplish this by any chance? - it doesn't appear to be a builtin server class Licensing restrictions do not allow us to have Word on every machine.

Thanks for the help so far, you've got me pointed in a good direction.

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robkarlen

ASKER

Thanks a bunch. A little tweaking got me exactly what I needed. I would have never ever thought of this approach so thank you so very much.

RobSampson

Thanks for the grade.

Was the tweaking anything major? This appeared to work for me OK....

Regards,

Rob.