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Hi everyone,

I know Opus can launch executables but can I use it to close them?

Thanks in advance

Can't remember anything in Opus which enables you to do this, but a couple of ideas...1 If it's an EXE you created, add some code to check a registry value. Use Opus to write the registry value to exit the application.
2 From a quick look on the web. It is possible to close a running process using C# for example, so it would be possible to create an EXE to close another.

Process []pArry = Process.GetProcesses();
foreach(Process p in pArry)
{
string s = p.ProcessName;
s = s.ToLower();
if (s.CompareTo("TheProcessToClose") ==0)
{
p.Kill();
}
}

Sysinterals produce a command line tool called PSKill that can close a process. It's now available from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysint ... skill.mspx

Some time ago I found the following applications which purported to be able to shut down a running application. I found that some worked, some worked better than others, and some didn't work at all. Sorry, but I can't now remember which did what.

It is also possible that some might no longer be available, so an Internet search might be wise.

1. APPCLOSE 1.01 www.mma-schneider.at/shareware/
2. KillNamed.exe
3. Kill.exe
4. taskkill.exe

Thanks guys. I will try and get a suitable solution from what you have suggested