Terminating process in case of emergency

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From: Michael Wade
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:02

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I have a process that creates yet another process using "CreateProcess" with all the usual
parameters.  I need to handle a catastrophic failure in the first process such that it shuts down
the created process.  I have looked through "CreateProcess" and see that the hProcess is provided,
but what is the most secure (i.e. most likely to drive a stake through the heart of the created
process).  I don't want to send a WM_QUIT message as I am not entirely sure of the state of the
program.  Is TerminateProcess the one I want?

Thanks very much for your time,
Michael Wade

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