Killing a shellexecuted process

[sirugo]

I'm initiating a process using Shellexecute (C++).
The I want to kill the process.
How do I do that?

 

[cpjust]

I don't see a way in the MSDN documentation for ShellExecute().
Try using CreateProcess() and TerminateProcess().

 

[strongm]

Use ShellExecuteEx instead

 

[sirugo]

OK, but what I actually need is to execute Internet Explorer with a url specified.

Can this be done with CreateProcess?
How?

 

[cpjust]

Did you read the MSDN info about CreateProcess()?
Here's a simple example that works for me:

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;


int main()
{
	PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo;
	STARTUPINFO startInfo;

	startInfo.lpReserved	= NULL;
	startInfo.lpDesktop		= "";
	startInfo.lpTitle		= NULL;
	startInfo.dwFlags		= 0;
	startInfo.cbReserved2	= 0;
	startInfo.lpReserved2	= NULL;

	if ( CreateProcess( NULL,
						"\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.cnn.com/",[/URL]
						NULL,
						NULL,
						FALSE,
						0,
						NULL,
						NULL,
						&startInfo,
						&processInfo ) == FALSE )
	{
		cout << endl << "CreateProcess() failed!" << endl;
	}

	return 0;
}