terminating processes

[Ryan McDermott]

seems i have a problem compiling this code //killprocess.c #include #include int main(int argc,char *argv[]) { char szName[100]="something.exe"; TerminateProcess(szName); return 0; } What am I doing wrong? -Ryan M.

[valikac]

The process must pass in TerminateProcess() a handle, not a filename. If you want to close a certain applicant, then search for the handle to its main window via FindWindow(). Kuphryn

[Paul Ranson]

TerminateProcess takes a handle to a process and an exit code as parameters so your code as written cannot compile. You can get a handle to a process using OpenProcess given the Process ID which you can see in Task Manager, or enumerate using the ToolHelp functions CreateToolhelp32Snapshot, Process32First and Process32Next. Alternatively you could look for a 'kill' program, I think there's one in the Resource kit. Paul

[Shree]

http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/ravi/software/killproc/