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start / stop process

Hi guys, I would like to be able to open a program and close it wright
within vb...

' this one works...
Process.Start("c:\someProgram.exe")

Thread.sleep(5000)

' this one doesn't !
Process.Stop()

how can I do the second? any ideas?

Jan 23 '07 #1
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Hi Tacien,

Keep a reference to the process when you start it.

Process p = Process.Start("Notepad.exe");

You can then, call CloseMainWindow() for windows application or Kill() to
end the process.

p.CloseMainWindow();

or

p.Kill();

--
Happy Coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]
Jan 23 '07 #2

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