killing a process according to its PID

Hi,

I'm looking for an API which enable killing a process according to its process ID.

Is there an API like that, I didn't find it
If not how can I kill a process, if I have its name (xxx.exe) & ID I can have 2 processes with the same name - running the same application twice (of course different PID)

Thanks in advance
Avi123

Use OpenProcess() with X_TERMINATE rights and then use TerminateProcess() to hardcode terminate a process. Or try to send WM_QUIT firstly, this is a finer and neater solution than just killing it.

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Originally Posted by NoHero

Use OpenProcess() with X_TERMINATE rights and then use TerminateProcess() to hardcode terminate a process. Or try to send WM_QUIT firstly, this is a finer and neater solution than just killing it.

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Before using 'TerminateProcess()' (which should only be used as a last resort) you might want to take a look at the following FAQ which demonstrates how to shutdown a process "cleanly"...

I know about all the other ways I can kill a process
and I would like to kill it according to the PID, is it possible?
If not how do I kill it if all I have is the name (xxx.exe) & the pid

Thanks
Avi123

Quote:

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Originally Posted by avi123

I know about all the other ways I can kill a process
and I would like to kill it according to the PID, is it possible?
If not how do I kill it if all I have is the name (xxx.exe) & the pid

Thanks
Avi123

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like NoHero mentioned above Correctly, you can use the ::OpenProcess with the PID you have, the ::OpenProcess will return you a Handle to the Process and then you can call ::TerminateProcess() with the Handle

Code:

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HANDLE hP= ::OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS,0,Pid/*the pid you have*/);
::TerminateProcess( hP,0);

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another method you can try using is locating the HWND of the process from the Pid, and then ::SendMessage(, WM_COSE,, ); to the window.

Code:

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HWND h = ::GetTopWindow(0 )

while ( h )
{
        DWORD pid;
        DOWRD dwTheardId = ::GetWindowThreadProcessId( h,&pid);
        if ( pid == /*your process that you looking for*/
        {
            /*here you have the thread id*/
            ::SendMessage(h,WM_CLOSE,0,0);
            break;
          }
        h = ::GetNextWindow( h , GW_HWNDNEXT);
}

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Cheers

Thank you all very much :)