How to use Kill statement

can anyone tell me how to use the syntax 'Kill' in visual basic.... suppose i m dealing with a string :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Hi best would be to use the Dir$ Function as well to see if the file exists, then the Kill to remove the file, then RmDir to remove the Directory

example
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If Dir$("C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Vh_1\Vh_1.lnk", vbNormal) <> "" Then
Kill "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Vh_1\Vh_1.lnk"
RmDir "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\VH_1"

Hannes

but i would like to kill the strings entered but the user.... do i have to use any sort of file streaming. i want to make a program that will kill the process that has been entered but the user. n not directories

The Kill function in VB is used to delete a file, not to terminate a process.
To terminate a process, you will need to make use of API functions. Here's an example:

Code:

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Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "Kernel32.dll" (ByVal Handle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "Kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwDesiredAccessas As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, ByVal dwProcId As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EnumProcesses Lib "psapi.dll" (ByRef lpidProcess As Long, ByVal cb As Long, ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetModuleFileNameExA Lib "psapi.dll" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal hModule As Long, ByVal ModuleName As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EnumProcessModules Lib "psapi.dll" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByRef lphModule As Long, ByVal cb As Long, ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function TerminateProcess Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal uExitCode As Long) As Long

Private Const PROCESS_TERMINATE = &H1
Private Const PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 1024
Private Const PROCESS_VM_READ = 16
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim intCnt As Integer
    intCnt = KillProcByName("\calc.exe")
    Call MsgBox("Program was terminated " & intCnt & " time(s).")
End Sub
Private Function KillProcByName(ByVal strProcName As String) As Integer
    Dim lngRet As Long
    Dim lngCb As Long, lngCbNeeded As Long, lngCbNeeded2 As Long
    Dim intLoop As Integer
    Dim lngProc As Long, lngProcIDs() As Long
    Dim lngModules(0) As Long, strModule As String
    lngCb = 8
    lngCbNeeded = 96
    Do While lngCb <= lngCbNeeded
        lngCb = lngCb * 2
        ReDim lngProcIDs(lngCb / 4) As Long
        lngRet = EnumProcesses(lngProcIDs(0), lngCb, lngCbNeeded)
    Loop
    For intLoop = 1 To (lngCbNeeded / 4)
        lngProc = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION Or PROCESS_VM_READ Or PROCESS_TERMINATE, 0, lngProcIDs(intLoop))
        If lngProc <> 0 Then
            lngRet = EnumProcessModules(lngProc, lngModules(0), 1, lngCbNeeded2)
            If lngRet <> 0 Then
                strModule = Space(256)
                Call GetModuleFileNameExA(lngProc, lngModules(0), strModule, Len(strModule))
                strModule = Left(strModule, InStr(1, strModule, vbNullChar) - 1)
                If StrComp(Right(strModule, Len(strProcName)), strProcName, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
                    Call TerminateProcess(lngProc, 0)
                    KillProcByName = KillProcByName + 1
                End If
            End If
        End If
        Call CloseHandle(lngProc)
    Next intLoop
End Function

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i wanted this program to kill a process that the user wants to kill... i.e if the process name has been entered, then it should kill the process whenever it is run. it should be kinda in a loop

i ment a process killing something like the one i hvae attached....i wanted to make something like that.... so can anyone of u help me out on that please

so can anyone help me with the code of the attached application i have given........i need that urgently so please someone help me out with the code