Killing a process

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I am building an MFC 6.0 application. How can I close a running process from that application like ending process from task manager? Tell me if there exists a windows API for my purpose.

Posted 23-Oct-10 22:07pm

Shah Rukh Qasim

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Sauro Viti · Answer 1 · 2010-10-23T22:48:00

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Start from Process and Thread Functions (Windows)[^]. The specific API that you need is TerminateProcess(); the others could be useful to identify the HANDLE of the process that you want to terminate).

Posted 23-Oct-10 22:48pm

Sauro Viti