Manipulating .EXE files

[plingingo]

I want to write a program that will open up internet explorer and then shut it down through the program. I think I know how to open up explorer but to then be able to shut it down has lost me. If someone knows how to do this i will be very gratefull.
cheers!

 

[KeithBrautigam]

They're more of a pain to use than ShellExecute, but I'd recommend giving the CreateProcess and ExitProcess functions a try. Here's some links to the Microsoft documentation:

CreateProcess

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ry/en-us/dllproc/hh/winbase/prothred_9dpv.asp

ExitProcess

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ry/en-us/dllproc/hh/winbase/prothred_8dv7.asp

 

[KeithBrautigam]

OK, I just read the documentation on ExitProcess and realized that it doesn't take a handle as a parameter. So apparently it can be used only to close your own program (??). I'm a bonehead. Maybe the CloseHandle function will do it.

But I really don't know what I'm talking about, so hopefully somebody with a clue will give you a better answer.

 

[Cagliostro]

As I remember there exists some %CloseHandle% function for processes and/or for threads. John Fill

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