Process.GetProc essesByName

[djidan]

hello,

can anyone tell what the hell is the problem with my program...?
i built a program that getting all the process from windows by the name of "excel", when i compile it and creating a .exe file and start it on my comp, it's working perfectly, but when i tried to run it on en other computer it stops working with out telling me what exception throwed, but just telling that the program has to close and they are sorry for the inconvenience.
what the hell is worng, Please somone help me.....!
the code is:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
 
namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {            
            Process[] excelProcess = Process.GetProcessesByName("EXCEL");
            foreach (Process p in excelProcess)
            {
                p.Kill();
            }
        }
    }
}

[tlhintoq]

You might want to flesh out the application a little so *it* can tell you what it is doing and thus you should be able to find the problem.

Add a dialog box that lists all the matching processes it found.
Add a [yes/no] routine so that all processes that match will throw up a dialog asking if you want it killed.
Write a log file recording all the processes, and all the processes that match, and all the processes killed. See if you can find a cause/pattern.

Those types of things should give you some information to go on.

BTW: You didn't mention the name of the compiled application. If you called it "Excel Killer" for example it would *be* a process that would qualify for killing.

I notice that you have using System.Linq; directive but no use of .NET 3.5 is this little example. Are you sure that your target machine has .NET 3.5 installed? Try commenting-out that directive and see what happens.

[Plater]

Some try/catch action would help you as well.
None of that code is garunteed.
p.Kill() could be rejected for permissions issues too