How to show Window Task Manager

[ychhuong]

How can I use VB Code to show Window Task Manager? Thanks.

[RobDog888]

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Shell "taskmgr.exe", vbNormalFocus
End Sub

[cssriraman]

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[ychhuong]

I do not have privilege to show Windows Task manager(lock my administrator). But sometime my computer got stuck so I want to end process some applications. Is there any API function to do show Windows Task Manager? Thanks.

[RobDog888]

You can write code to terminate a process without using taskmanager. Search for "Terminate + Process" on the forums. I have some code as well as others.

[rory]

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    TerminateProcess ("WINWORD.EXE")
End Sub
 
Private Sub TerminateProcess(app_exe As String)
    Dim Process As Variant
    For Each Process In GetObject("winmgmts:").ExecQuery("Select Name from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & app_exe & "'")
        Process.Terminate
    Next
End Sub

[RobDog888]

But if his system is locked down then odds are that WMI is also disabled.

[rory]

True ... then he shouldnt be messing with it

[RobDog888]

True but only after we know the truth.

[a_rat]

also open a command prompt and type
taskkill /?
for the help on how to use taskkill, usualy something like
TASKKILL /f /im Progname.exe
dont konw if youll have the privs for this either, but worth a try

[a_rat]

sorry,
in my above it is of course a shell command eg

SHELL("TASKKILL /f /im Progname.exe")
dont for get to put double quotes arround the bits in the brakets, or put this string into a variable (you send a string to the SHELL)