Terminating a process using WMI

Terminating a process using WMI

• Robin Debreuil

  re-read the post. look at the last example as well as svens
  
  

• D. Choquette

  you are aware that you can use the Process class to terminate a process right It would be cheaper also than using WMI, if its possible in WMI
  
  

• toffyrn

  I need to be able to end remote processes as well, the process class is no good for that.
  
  
  

• Tamizhan

  The problem that I am having is: How do I kill the process . I heard that it is possible with WMI but not with the Process class. Is this the case
  
  Thanks
  
  
  

• N_John

  Thanks, your WMI sample is perfect! However, just out of interest, how can I do this using the Process class
  
  Thanks.
  
  
  

• emepvsd

  pretty much how Sven posted, either doing it this way:

  Process[] theList = Process.GetProcesses("machineName")

  foreach(Process curProcess in theList)

  {

     if (curProcess.ProcessName.Equals("ProcessName"))

     {

        curProcess.Kill();

     }

  }

   

  or this way:

   

  Process[] theList = Process.GetProcessesByName("machineName", "ProcessName")

  foreach(Process curProcess in theList)

  {

     curProcess.Kill();

  }

  
  
  

• angelblade27

  Oh damn ok sorry I haven't seen that you were getting the processes by machinename ok then i guess yours as well.
  

• MichaelD!

  you can do it with both without problems. The only problem being is permission to kill a process on the remote computer. you need to have permission to do this and access rights
  
  

• Melonheads Sister

  except your posting how to do it locally and sven is proposing a remote/local function.
  

• Davids Learning

  using WMI, be sure you added a reference to System.Management.dll and imported the namespaces, System.Management and System.Management.Instrumentation.

  we then execute a query and execute the terminate command:

  ManagementScope theScope = new ManagementScope("\\\\ComputerName\\root\\cimv2");

  ObjectQuery theQuery = new ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name='ApplicationName.exe'");

  ManagementObjectSearcher theSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(theScope, theQuery);

  ManagementObjectCollection theCollection = theSearcher.Get();

  foreach (ManagementObject theCurObject in theCollection)

  {

  theCurObject.InvokeMethod("Terminate", null);

  }

  
  
  

• maliger

  no worries ;-)
  
  

• Keehan

  It is:

  Process.GetProcesses("remoteMachine") will give you a process collection of remoteMachine.

  Process.GetProcessByName("notepad", "remoteMachine") will give you a collection of processes named notepad on remoteMachine.

  Given that you have access rights on remoteMachine...

  --
  SvenC

  
  
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