How to kill / terminate a running process / program in vb?

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How to kill / terminate a running process / program?

The following is the code to kill / terminate a running process / application that is listed in tasklist:


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Dim oWMI
Dim ret
Dim sService
Dim oWMIServices
Dim oWMIService
Dim oServices
Dim oService
Dim servicename
Dim appname

appname = "test.exe" 'app to be terminated

Set oWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:")
Set oServices = oWMI.InstancesOf("win32_process")

For Each oService In oServices
servicename = LCase(Trim(CStr(oService.Name) & ""))
If InStr(1, servicename, LCase(appname), vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
ret = oService.Terminate
End If
Next

Set oServices = Nothing
Set oWMI = Nothing
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If you do not want to kill the program, but just hide the program from the tasklist, you can use the code as follows:
app.TaskVisible = false