To kill an app (path\program.exe) in Windows NT family

Can I have the Matthew GATES KillApp function work with Windows NT (so in Windows 2000, Windows XP) ?

Thank you very much in advance for your help !


'Serge DYMKOV wrote :


Private Declare Function GetWindowsDirectory Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetWindowsDirectoryA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long


Public Declare Function Process32First Lib "kernel32" ( _
ByVal hSnapshot As Long, lppe As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Public Declare Function Process32Next Lib "kernel32" ( _
ByVal hSnapshot As Long, lppe As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Public Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "Kernel32.dll" _
(ByVal Handle As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "Kernel32.dll" _
(ByVal dwDesiredAccessas As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle As Long, _
ByVal dwProcId As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function EnumProcesses Lib "psapi.dll" _
(ByRef lpidProcess As Long, ByVal cb As Long, _
ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function GetModuleFileNameExA Lib "psapi.dll" _
(ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal hModule As Long, _
ByVal strModuleName As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function EnumProcessModules Lib "psapi.dll" _
(ByVal hProcess As Long, ByRef lphModule As Long, _
ByVal cb As Long, ByRef cbNeeded As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Lib "kernel32" ( _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal th32ProcessID As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function GetVersionExA Lib "kernel32" _
(lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Integer

Public Type PROCESSENTRY32
dwSize As Long
cntUsage As Long
th32ProcessID As Long ' This process
th32DefaultHeapID As Long
th32ModuleID As Long ' Associated exe
cntThreads As Long
th32ParentProcessID As Long ' This process's parent process
pcPriClassBase As Long ' Base priority of process threads
dwFlags As Long
szExeFile As String * 260 ' MAX_PATH
End Type

Public Type OSVERSIONINFO
dwOSVersionInfoSize As Long
dwMajorVersion As Long
dwMinorVersion As Long
dwBuildNumber As Long
dwPlatformId As Long '1 = Windows 95.
'2 = Windows NT

szCSDVersion As String * 128
End Type

Public Const PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 1024
Public Const PROCESS_VM_READ = 16
Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Public Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED = &HF0000
Public Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
'STANDARD_RIGHTS_REQUIRED Or SYNCHRONIZE Or &HFFF
Public Const PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS = &H1F0FFF
Public Const TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS = &H2&
Public Const hNull = 0

Public Enum ePlatform
eWin95_98 = 1
eWinNT = 2
End Enum

Public gDBType As String

Public Function IsApplicationRunning(pEXEName As String) As Boolean

On Error Resume Next

Select Case getVersion()
Case eWin95_98
Dim lProc As Long, strName As String
Dim hSnap As Long, proc As PROCESSENTRY32

hSnap = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0)
If hSnap = hNull Then Exit Function
proc.dwSize = Len(proc)
' Iterate through the processes
lProc = Process32First(hSnap, proc)
Do While lProc
strName = StrZToStr(proc.szExeFile)
If InStr(UCase(strName), UCase(pEXEName)) Then
IsApplicationRunning = True
Exit Function
End If
lProc = Process32Next(hSnap, proc)
Loop
Case eWinNT
Dim cb As Long
Dim cbNeeded As Long
Dim NumElements As Long
Dim lProcessIDs() As Long
Dim cbNeeded2 As Long
Dim lNumElements2 As Long
Dim lModules(1 To 200) As Long
Dim lRet As Long
Dim strModuleName As String
Dim nSize As Long
Dim hProcess As Long
Dim i As Long

'Get the array containing the process id's for each process object
cb = 8
cbNeeded = 96
Do While cb <= cbNeeded
cb = cb * 2
ReDim lProcessIDs(cb / 4) As Long
lRet = EnumProcesses(lProcessIDs(1), cb, cbNeeded)
Loop
NumElements = cbNeeded / 4
For i = 1 To NumElements
'Get a handle to the Process
hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION _
Or PROCESS_VM_READ, 0, lProcessIDs(i))
'Got a Process handle
If hProcess <> 0 Then
'Get an array of the module handles for the specified
'process
lRet = EnumProcessModules(hProcess, lModules(1), 200, _
cbNeeded2)
'If the Module Array is retrieved, Get the ModuleFileName
If lRet <> 0 Then
strModuleName = Space(MAX_PATH)
nSize = 500
lRet = GetModuleFileNameExA(hProcess, lModules(1), _
strModuleName, nSize)
strModuleName = Left(strModuleName, lRet)
'Check for the client application running
If InStr(UCase(strModuleName), UCase(pEXEName)) Then
IsApplicationRunning = True
Exit Function
End If
'List1.AddItem Left(strModuleName, lRet)
End If
End If
'Close the handle to the process
lRet = CloseHandle(hProcess)
Next
End Select
End Function

Function StrZToStr(pString As String) As String
StrZToStr = Left$(pString, Len(pString) - 1)
End Function

Public Function getVersion() As ePlatform
Dim osinfo As OSVERSIONINFO
Dim lRetVal As Integer

osinfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = 148
osinfo.szCSDVersion = Space$(128)
lRetVal = GetVersionExA(osinfo)
getVersion = osinfo.dwPlatformId
End Function


'Then call the routine like this:


If IsApplicationRunning("MyProgram.exe") Then
MsgBox "Application is running."
Else
MsgBox "Application is not running."
End If


'Matthew GATES wrote :

'Try this (code does not work for WinNT):


Private Declare Function ProcessFirst _
Lib "kernel32" Alias "Process32First" (ByVal hSnapshot _
As Long, uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Private Declare Function ProcessNext Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "Process32Next" (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, _
uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long

Private Declare Function CreateToolhelpSnapshot _
Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateToolhelp32Snapshot" (ByVal _
lFlags As Long, lProcessID As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function OpenProcess Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal bInheritHandle _
As Long, ByVal dwProcessId As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function TerminateProcess _
Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As Long, ByVal _
uExitCode As Long) As Long


Private Type PROCESSENTRY32
dwSize As Long
cntUsage As Long
th32ProcessID As Long
th32DefaultHeapID As Long
th32ModuleID As Long
cntThreads As Long
th32ParentProcessID As Long
pcPriClassBase As Long
dwFlags As Long
szexeFile As String * MAX_PATH
End Type


Private Const MAX_PATH = 260


Private Function KillApp(myName As String) As Boolean
Const PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS = 0
Dim uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32
Dim rProcessFound As Long
Dim hSnapshot As Long
Dim szExename As String
Dim exitCode As Long
Dim myProcess As Long
Dim AppKill As Boolean
Dim appCount As Integer
Dim i As Integer
On Local Error GoTo Finish
appCount = 0

Const TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS As Long = 2&

uProcess.dwSize = Len(uProcess)
hSnapshot = CreateToolhelpSnapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0&)
rProcessFound = ProcessFirst(hSnapshot, uProcess)

Do While rProcessFound
i = InStr(1, uProcess.szexeFile, Chr(0))
szExename = LCase$(Left$(uProcess.szexeFile, i - 1))
If Right$(szExename, Len(myName)) = LCase$(myName) Then
KillApp = True
appCount = appCount + 1
myProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, False, uProcess.th32ProcessID)
AppKill = TerminateProcess(myProcess, exitCode)
Call CloseHandle(myProcess)
End If
rProcessFound = ProcessNext(hSnapshot, uProcess)
Loop

Call CloseHandle(hSnapshot)
Finish:
End Function


'Usage

Call KillApp("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe")



Can I have the Matthew GATES KillApp function work with Windows NT (so in Windows 2000, Windows XP) ?

Thank you very much in advance for your help !