Process Close

[ChrisL]

Anyone noticed that process close doesn't always work very well?

Iv'e used it to close a remote control program but it doesn't seem very reliable, I have called PSKILL instead which works every time, is this a floor in the way AutoIT closes processes, could or should it have the ability to kill a process like PS tools?

Any thoughts

[Valuater]

Maybe.....

WinClose()

or

WinKill()

8)

Edited November 3, 2005 by Valuater

[Nuffilein805]

Maybe.....

WonClose()

or

WinKill()

8)

hm,

wonclose()

is a nice way of closing a wondow

at least some of you're making fun

[ChrisL]

Maybe.....

WinClose()

or

WinKill()

8)

That is no good I'm affraid as it's a process that is running but no window is open

[w0uter]

pskill uses terminateprocess.

i dont know what autoit uses. (i think the same)

[Valik]

AutoIt uses TerminateProcess(), too.

[w0uter]

it also uses TerminateThread on threads.

[hankjrfan]

I always do this

$pid=Run("Notepad.exe")
While ProcessExists($pid) Then
    ProcessClose($pid)
WEnd

[w0uter]

what if it doesnt want to close ?

then your script will loop forever

[MHz]

I have not once needed to resort to a loop to close a proess. If I did, a For loop would always be chosen 1st. Most processes will close but some very few may refuse. I would assume that the process in the 1st post ignores a shutdown message for the sake of security? I do not like the idea of killimg processes dead in their tracks unless they are malicous to start with. ProcessClose() seems to do ok by my vote.

Edited November 4, 2005 by MHz

[ChrisL]

what if it doesnt want to close ?

then your script will loop forever

That is pretty much the issue, processclose sometimes doesn't close it where as pskill does!

[MHz]

Well, if it is sometimes fails with this process then try this loop. Change the ?.exe to your process.

For $i = 1 To 5
    If ProcessExists('?.exe') Then
        ProcessClose('?.exe')
        Sleep(1000)
    Else
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
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