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MC-Sammer · 02-03-09

Okay, so I'm working on an application I'm calling "Gamer Mode" and I'm try to figure out how to stop certain processes using a button. Like when someone presses the "begin" button, I want explorer to close, but I can't seem to figure it out. can anyone give me some tips/advice?

Polska · 02-03-09

You can probably accomplish this using the Process Class, Process Members (select the framework version you are working with as there coul be slight changes to the class between frameworks). As to how exactly I don't know would have to look at it, no time at the moment.

Sorry this is c#, but it should give you an idea. This would kill everything with a specific name, might be too general. Have a look at the Process class see what other methods it offers.

Code:

Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("SomeProcess");
foreach (Process _process in processes) {
    _process.Kill();
}

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MC-Sammer · 02-03-09

after about 10 hours of fiddling around and searching google, I still can't find anything. All the things I've tried aren't working and it's getting annyoing. btw, I'm using VB 2008 and I'm designing it to use .Net 2.0 farmework.

MC-Sammer · 02-04-09

Well one of my friends, who is quite good with coding and such, gave me the code for a batch file that will close explorer, but now I need to figure out how to include and execute that batch file when I publish the application.

linskingdom · 02-04-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polska

You can probably accomplish this using the Process Class, Process Members (select the framework version you are working with as there coul be slight changes to the class between frameworks). As to how exactly I don't know would have to look at it, no time at the moment.

Sorry this is c#, but it should give you an idea. This would kill everything with a specific name, might be too general. Have a look at the Process class see what other methods it offers.

Code:

Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("SomeProcess");
foreach (Process _process in processes) {
    _process.Kill();
}

It will be same as Polska said, you can do similar code in VB.

Imports System.Threading.Thread

Dim _pr() As Process
_pr = Process.GetProcessesByName("exe name")
For Each spr As Process In _pr
spr.Kill()
Next

MC-Sammer · 02-04-09

Thank You linskingdom! It worked! Y@Y! Thank you thank you thank you!

MC-Sammer · 02-04-09

Poop, it closes explorer but now it opens back up before I want it too... any more ideas?

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