How to kill a task given the task name? 4

[gleason]

I am looking for a way to programatically kill a task running on an NT box just given the task name.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>If I had a handle, I could call &quot;TerminateProcess()&quot; or just send a WM_QUIT to it or something, but all I will know is the task name.<br><br>As always, thanks for your help.<br> <p>Pat Gleason<br><a href=mailto:gleason@megsinet.net>gleason@megsinet.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

I think you can acheive the same by using SendMessage with the same WM_QUIT, and the application's Classname(which can be acheived by using FindWindow) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[palbano]

Dear Pat,<br><br>I'm not sure what you mean by 'Task Name'. Could you clarify?<br><br>One way to kill desktop processes is to obtain their HWND's using EnumWindows(). Once you have the HWND you call PostMessage sending a WM_CLOSE message.<br><br>Note: Console applications are not required to handle WM_CLOSE so unless they specifically handle the message they&nbsp;&nbsp;will not close.<br><br>Hope this helps<br>-pete

 

[belthurgp]

Call EnumWindows, U will get the Window Handle, <br>then Call GetWindowThreadProcessId, U will get a process Id,<br>Call Terminate Process with the process Id.

 

[jbchurn]

Hi Sir,

Why do i keep getting zero for the return value of GetWindowThreadProcessId?
any idea? i can't seem to get the thread id.

Please help.
Thanks in advance.

hWnd = FindWindow(&quot;WindowsApp&quot;, &quot;Windows App&quot;
dwPid = GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, NULL);