stopping a background process from task manager

[teambiohazard]

Hey there everyone,

I got a little problem!
I wanted to execute a program which I deliver with my software package, but after running it I can't kill the task.

I used this:

For Each p As Process In Process.GetProcessesByName("helper.exe")
                    p.Kill()
                   
                Next

That won't work because it's... I don't really know!
I even tried to make it a process in a separate SUB but that won't work either.

Can someone please help me out here?

With kind regards,
Dennis

[fenster89411]

this may help?

Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName("helper");

foreach (Process proc in procs)
proc.Kill();

[teambiohazard]

nope, I got a bunch of errors. tried to modify the code you gave but can't figure out what will solve it.

I am using visual studio 2010 windows form application.

[fenster89411]

OK can you remove the .exe from you're sample code or heres the converted to VB code

Dim procs As Process() = Process.GetProcessesByName("helper")

For Each proc As Process In procs
	proc.Kill()
Next

[teambiohazard]

still not working. it seems that the file doesn't get terminated.

[fenster89411]

are you running VS with admin rights? You may need Admin.

[techgnome]

Ok... help me out here... WHAT application are you trying to terminate? Yours? Or something else? Is the process trying to kill itself? O.o

-tg

[teambiohazard]

Ok... help me out here... WHAT application are you trying to terminate? Yours? Or something else? Is the process trying to kill itself? O.o

-tg

I am trying to terminate my server application.

and it isn't really the purpose to end itself

[NeedSomeAnswers]

So at a guess do you have a client and a server application and you trying to kill the Server app from the Client?

Is your server application running on the same machine?

If you debug and step through fenster89411's code - does it even find your helper application?

Dim procs As Process() = Process.GetProcessesByName("helper")

For Each proc As Process In procs
	proc.Kill()
Next

If you put a breakpoint on proc.kill does it even get hit when you run the code?

[teambiohazard]

So at a guess do you have a client and a server application and you trying to kill the Server app from the Client?

Is your server application running on the same machine?

If you debug and step through fenster89411's code - does it even find your helper application?

Dim procs As Process() = Process.GetProcessesByName("helper")

For Each proc As Process In procs
	proc.Kill()
Next

If you put a breakpoint on proc.kill does it even get hit when you run the code?

Thanks!

[NeedSomeAnswers]

Thanks for what exactly?

i asked you a bunch of questions, did they help you understand what your problem was?

and if you fixed your issue can you post back what was actually wrong and how you fixed it?

[techgnome]

And yet it was the exact same code previously posted that he said was "still not working" ...

-tg