Killing a process by window name

[tjtindal]

I have the window's name already in a variable ready to be "killed" or rather, the equivelant of "End Task." How do I go about sending a command from VB to kill that task?

No examples I've used on the net seem to work. I can't believe this isn't just something simple, like one line to shoot to the computer that will end that running program by name.

What should I do?

 

[HughLerwill]

thread713-1394496

 

[tjtindal]

That link did not help at all. Copying and pasting that information in Visual Basic causes it to appear in red as if it's not understanding it.

 

[BobRodes]

Then there are syntax errors. I suppose Hugh assumed you would be able to correct those on your own. If not, just post the code that you copied and pasted, and we'll see what we can do.

 

[strongm]

>Copying and pasting that information

Which information?

 

[HughLerwill]

>did not help at all?

The code from my posts has just been copy/pasted from above and RE-tested and is running fine here.

 

[strongm]

My theory is that tjtindal copied Zografski's code (which does indeed have one or two errors)

 

[tjtindal]

It's okay, I found a much simpler code on the site that uses a shell command to kill a process. Much easier. Thanks anyway.

 

[strongm]

Glad you found a solution you like. Are you going to share it with us, or keep it to yourself?

 

[HughLerwill]

>share it with us, or keep it to yourself?

two more questions...

 

[tjtindal]

I'll share.

This is the line of code I use in a sub when I want to end a process:

KillProc ("loftindb.exe")

This is the sub it calls:

Sub KillProc(ImageName As String, Optional Force As Boolean)
    If Force Then
        Shell "taskkill /f /im " & ImageName, vbHide
    Else
        Shell "taskkill /im " & ImageName, vbHide
    End If
End Sub

 

[Hypetia]

thread222-1370593 for reference.

It is useful to note that taskkill.exe can also kill processes by window name (as mentioned in the original question) instead of image name. See the variant below.
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[tt]
Sub EndTask(WindowName As String, Optional Force As Boolean)
If Force Then
Shell "taskkill /f /fi ""WINDOWTITLE EQ " & WindowName & """", vbHide
Else
Shell "taskkill /fi ""WINDOWTITLE EQ " & WindowName & """", vbHide
End If
End Sub[/tt]

 

[BobRodes]

<My theory is that tjtindal copied Zografski's code
Seems likely...