CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
Privesh
Privesh

Reputation: 657

Exit or end another executable

I have this code to run the exe:

String cPath = "C:\\GCOS\\HHT\\EXE\\" + frmSchemas.schema;
string cParams = HHTNUMBER+" "+ Login.user + "/" + Login.pass + "//" +Login.db + "//" + frmSchemas.schema ;
string filename = Path.Combine(cPath,"HHTCtrlp.exe"); 
Process.Start(filename, cParams);

Now how do i end the program above?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 21875

Answers (10)

undone
undone

Reputation: 7888

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("c:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe");
System.Diagnostics.Process q;
q = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad")[0];
q.Kill();

Upvotes: 0

Wolfwyrd
Wolfwyrd

Reputation: 15906

Assign your process to a variable and call the Kill method. i.e.

String cPath = "C:\\GCOS\\HHT\\EXE\\" + frmSchemas.schema;
string cParams = HHTNUMBER+" "+ Login.user + "/" + Login.pass + "//" +Login.db + "//" + frmSchemas.schema ;
string filename = Path.Combine(cPath,"HHTCtrlp.exe"); 
var p = Process.Start(filename, cParams); 
// ... Later in Code ...
p.Kill();

Upvotes: 0

RolandK
RolandK

Reputation: 490

        Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("HHTCtrlp");
        foreach (var process in processes)
        {
            process.Kill();
        }

Upvotes: 10

Sean
Sean

Reputation: 62472

Process.Start will return a Process instance. You can call Kill on the instance to terminate the process.

Upvotes: 1

Erre Efe
Erre Efe

Reputation: 15557

You need the process ID to kill it.

foreach (Process proc in Process.GetProcesses()) 
{
  if (proc.Id == _processID) 
  {
    proc.Kill();
  }
}

Upvotes: 0

ChrisF
ChrisF

Reputation: 137108

Keep a handle to the process - Process.Start returns a Process object.

You can then use (in extremis):

process.Kill();

to stop it.

Using:

process.CloseMainWindow();

is probably a better way (assuming the process has a UI)

Upvotes: 1

Armen Tsirunyan
Armen Tsirunyan

Reputation: 132974

Here's a sample from http://csharp-slackers.blogspot.com/2008/09/terminate-process.html 

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Diagnostics;

public class TerminateProcessExample {

public static void Main () {

    // Create a new Process and run notepad.exe.
    using (Process process = Process.Start("notepad.exe")) {

        // Wait for 5 seconds and terminate the notepad process.
        Console.WriteLine("Waiting 5 seconds before terminating" +
            " notepad.exe.");
        Thread.Sleep(5000);

        // Terminate notepad process.
        Console.WriteLine("Terminating Notepad with CloseMainWindow.");

        // Try to send a close message to the main window.
        if (!process.CloseMainWindow()) {

            // Close message did not get sent - Kill Notepad.
            Console.WriteLine("CloseMainWindow returned false - " +
                " terminating Notepad with Kill.");
            process.Kill();

        } else {

            // Close message sent successfully; wait for 2 seconds
            // for termination confirmation before resorting to Kill.
            if (!process.WaitForExit(2000)) {

                Console.WriteLine("CloseMainWindow failed to" +
                    " terminate - terminating Notepad with Kill.");
                process.Kill();
            }
        }
    }

    // Wait to continue.
    Console.WriteLine("Main method complete. Press Enter.");
    Console.ReadLine();
}
}

As you can see, there are more graceful ways to try to terminate a process than just using Process.Kill();

Upvotes: 2

Stephan Bauer
Stephan Bauer

Reputation: 9249

Process proc = Process.Start(filename, cParams); 
 // ....
proc.CloseMainWindow();
proc.Close();
// ...or the rude way ;) ...
proc.Kill();

Upvotes: 0

Patrik
Patrik

Reputation: 2691

Process p = Process.Start(filename, cParams);
...
p.Kill();

Upvotes: 0

Lloyd
Lloyd

Reputation: 29668

You can keep hold of the process you start:

var example_process = Process.Start("notepad.exe");

And later:

example_process.Kill();

Upvotes: 0

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