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Submitted on: 7/9/2012 5:48:38 PM
By: Rey-An  
Level: Beginner
User Rating: Unrated
Compatibility: VB.NET
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     To terminate if there is a running process or none. Can someone help me? How can make this code like this one: " if there is no running process, there will be no msgbox appear "

 
 
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				Option Explicit
Dim strExitCode, strProcStat1, strMsgRet, strCmdLine
Dim strPro(3), strProcReturn, strProcStat, strItem
Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("wscript.shell")
strProcStat = False
	
strPro(0)="CALC.EXE"
strPro(1)="WINWORDL.EXE"
strPro(2)="NOTEPAD.EXE"
strPro(3)="OUTLOOK.EXE"
strMsgRet = MsgBox("DO YOU WANT TO EXIT?", vbOKCANCEL)
If strMsgRet = 1 then
	For Each strItem In strPro
 	strProcReturn = CheckProcess(strItem)
 		if strProcReturn = TRUE then 
			strCmdLine = "cmd /C taskkill /f /im " & strItem
		objShell.Run strCmdLine, 1
				End if
	Next
	strExitCode = 0
Else
strExitCode = 321
End If
WScript.Quit(strExitCode)
Function CheckProcess(strPro)
	Dim objShell, strCmdLine, objProcess
	Set objShell = CreateObject("wscript.shell")
	Set objProcess = GetObject("winmgmts:").execquery("select * from Win32_Process where Name='" & strPro & "' and KernelModeTime>1 ")
	if objProcess.count > 0 Then
		CheckProcess = TRUE
	End If
End Function


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7/11/2012 9:46:21 AMMark Kintigh

I wrote a process killer that went by process name in VB6. I have ZIPped the code and posted it here for you:

http://www.hempfieldcc.org/mark/VB6_KillAllProcessesByNameWithCommandLine.zi p

It's
pretty simple and has come in handy for me many times. Hope it helps.
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