How to write WSH script to stop application?

[ljCharlie]

Is there a way to stop an application or a program from running in the background? I want to write a WSH script to stop and start an application during certain time of the day and night but I'm not sure how to stop the application. I can use the Windows Schedule Task to start the application but stopping is another issue. Any help is appreciated.

ljCharlie

 

[mrmovie]

you can use something like kill.exe which i think is part of the nt resource kit.

or you can use WMI, get a ref to a process and use the
.Terminate method

the below sits and waits for iexplorer to start and stops it when it does

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colMonitoredProcesses = objWMIService. _
ExecNotificationQuery("select * from __instancecreationevent " _
& " within 1 where TargetInstance isa 'Win32_Process'")

datStartdate = Now()


'msgbox "start of monitor"

Do While cint(DateDiff("s",datStartdate,Now())) < 300
Set objLatestProcess = colMonitoredProcesses.NextEvent
Wscript.Sleep 6000
If objLatestProcess.TargetInstance.Name = "IEXPLORE.EXE" Then
WScript.Sleep 6000
objLatestProcess.TargetInstance.Terminate
Exit Do
End If
Loop

 

[ljCharlie]

Many thanks for your help. I tried taskkill.exe to kill zone alarm's client zlclient.exe but it kept saying Access Denied. I also tried to end the process through the Task Manager and it still saying the same thing.

ljCharlie