I have some .exe name i want to terminate if its running, how?
Edit: I modified mike's example to this, and its perfect:
WinExec("taskkill /IM notepad.exe /F", SW_HIDE);
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Without trying to be rude, but just use Google? Here's what I found in a quick search:
Kyle Rozendo
2010-02-26 11:20:09
yeah which one of those are the best?
Newbie
2010-02-26 11:22:12
Look at the code project ones. They're rated by programmers, so the better ranking, the better (in general).
Kyle Rozendo
2010-02-26 11:23:15
Google can turn up all sorts of stuff, frequently of dubious relaibility. It requires a certain amount of expertise to assess whether the top hits in Google are correct or safe (especially as they can contradict each other). This is a general observation, and I am not maligning any of the links you have posted.
APC
2010-02-26 11:24:58
A:
If you know the name of a process to kill, for example notepad.exe, use the following command from a command prompt to end it
taskkill /IM notepad.exe
This will cause the program to terminate gracefully, asking for confirmation if there are unsaved changes. To forcefully kill the same process, add the /F option to the command line. Be careful with the /F option as it will terminate all matching processes without confirmation.
Mike
2010-02-26 11:21:51