Identifying a process so that it can be killed

The following vb code will identify that mstsc.exe is actually running, but I
can't find a way to kill it. I've searched google groups etc. but no luck so
far. It does seem though, that a lot of people are lookig for an answer to
this.
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Imports OpenNETCF.ToolHelp

Dim pe()
Dim p As Process

pe = ProcessEntry.GetProcesses()

For i = 0 To UBound(pe)

If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then '... this works

p = Process.GetProcessById(i) ' .... this doesn't work
p.Kill() ' ..................................... so nor
does this

End If
Next i
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Of course (i) is not the real process ID, the question is how do I find the
real process ID for the instance of mstsc40.exe??

Thanks in advance

What about pe(i).ProcessID to get ProcessID and in your case it should
something like this:

For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then
pe(i).Kill()
End If
Next i


--
Sergey Bogdanov [.NET CF MVP, MCSD]
http://www.sergeybogdanov.com


BOPMKR wrote:
> The following vb code will identify that mstsc.exe is actually running, but I
> can't find a way to kill it. I've searched google groups etc. but no luck so
> far. It does seem though, that a lot of people are lookig for an answer to
> this.
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Imports OpenNETCF.ToolHelp
>
> Dim pe()
> Dim p As Process
>
> pe = ProcessEntry.GetProcesses()
>
> For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
>
> If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then '... this works
>
> p = Process.GetProcessById(i) ' .... this doesn't work
> p.Kill() ' ..................................... so nor
> does this
>
> End If
> Next i
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Of course (i) is not the real process ID, the question is how do I find the
> real process ID for the instance of mstsc40.exe??
>
> Thanks in advance
>

But you really should try closing it in a more-friendly manner than just
terminating it. Try sending WM_CLOSE to its main window, for example, and
maybe trying to send WM_QUIT to its main thread. If that doesn't work in a
few seconds, you can kill the process on the assumption that it's locked up.

Paul T.

"Sergey Bogdanov" <sergey.bogdanov@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ebzCEmcQGHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> What about pe(i).ProcessID to get ProcessID and in your case it should
> something like this:
>
> For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
> If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then
> pe(i).Kill()
> End If
> Next i
>
>
> --
> Sergey Bogdanov [.NET CF MVP, MCSD]
> http://www.sergeybogdanov.com
>
>
> BOPMKR wrote:
>> The following vb code will identify that mstsc.exe is actually running,
>> but I can't find a way to kill it. I've searched google groups etc. but
>> no luck so far. It does seem though, that a lot of people are lookig for
>> an answer to this.
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Imports OpenNETCF.ToolHelp
>>
>> Dim pe()
>> Dim p As Process
>>
>> pe = ProcessEntry.GetProcesses()
>> For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
>>
>> If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then '... this works
>>
>> p = Process.GetProcessById(i) ' .... this doesn't work
>> p.Kill() ' ..................................... so
>> nor does this
>>
>> End If
>> Next i
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> Of course (i) is not the real process ID, the question is how do I find
>> the real process ID for the instance of mstsc40.exe??
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>

Thanks
This failed with a no late binding error until I changed the
pe() definition from:

Dim pe()

to

Dim pe() As ProcessEntry

"Sergey Bogdanov" wrote:

> What about pe(i).ProcessID to get ProcessID and in your case it should
> something like this:
>
> For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
> If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then
> pe(i).Kill()
> End If
> Next i
>
>
> --
> Sergey Bogdanov [.NET CF MVP, MCSD]
> http://www.sergeybogdanov.com
>
>
> BOPMKR wrote:
> > The following vb code will identify that mstsc.exe is actually running, but I
> > can't find a way to kill it. I've searched google groups etc. but no luck so
> > far. It does seem though, that a lot of people are lookig for an answer to
> > this.
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Imports OpenNETCF.ToolHelp
> >
> > Dim pe()
> > Dim p As Process
> >
> > pe = ProcessEntry.GetProcesses()
> >
> > For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
> >
> > If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then '... this works
> >
> > p = Process.GetProcessById(i) ' .... this doesn't work
> > p.Kill() ' ..................................... so nor
> > does this
> >
> > End If
> > Next i
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Of course (i) is not the real process ID, the question is how do I find the
> > real process ID for the instance of mstsc40.exe??
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
>

Thanks Paul I will look into this as well.

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

> But you really should try closing it in a more-friendly manner than just
> terminating it. Try sending WM_CLOSE to its main window, for example, and
> maybe trying to send WM_QUIT to its main thread. If that doesn't work in a
> few seconds, you can kill the process on the assumption that it's locked up.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Sergey Bogdanov" <sergey.bogdanov@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ebzCEmcQGHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > What about pe(i).ProcessID to get ProcessID and in your case it should
> > something like this:
> >
> > For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
> > If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then
> > pe(i).Kill()
> > End If
> > Next i
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sergey Bogdanov [.NET CF MVP, MCSD]
> > http://www.sergeybogdanov.com
> >
> >
> > BOPMKR wrote:
> >> The following vb code will identify that mstsc.exe is actually running,
> >> but I can't find a way to kill it. I've searched google groups etc. but
> >> no luck so far. It does seem though, that a lot of people are lookig for
> >> an answer to this.
> >> --------------------------------------------------------
> >> Imports OpenNETCF.ToolHelp
> >>
> >> Dim pe()
> >> Dim p As Process
> >>
> >> pe = ProcessEntry.GetProcesses()
> >> For i = 0 To UBound(pe)
> >>
> >> If pe(i).ToString = "mstsc40.exe" Then '... this works
> >>
> >> p = Process.GetProcessById(i) ' .... this doesn't work
> >> p.Kill() ' ..................................... so
> >> nor does this
> >>
> >> End If
> >> Next i
> >> --------------------------------------------------------
> >> Of course (i) is not the real process ID, the question is how do I find
> >> the real process ID for the instance of mstsc40.exe??
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
>
>
>