Re: Closing another program

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From: Eelke Klein
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:11

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> You cannot obtain a Process ID from a Process handle.  The reverse is
> possible, though - getting a handle from an ID.
That's a pity I am using ShellExecuteEx which does not return the ID. 
Guess I'll have to switch to CreateProcess :(.

> Also keep in mind
> that it is possible for programs to prevent their windows from being closed
> prematurely, so depending on the program that is being launched, it may or
> may not be so easy to close it down.
It's a very limited set of applications I wish to close so it will be 
easy to check this.

Thanks,

Eelke

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