// Namespaces needed
public boolean findAndKillProcess(String name) throws Exception {
for (Object __dummyForeachVar0 : Process.GetProcesses()) {
// here we're going to get a list of all running processes on
// the computer
Process clsProcess = (Process) __dummyForeachVar0;
// now we're going to see if any of the running processes
// match the currently running processes by using the StartsWith Method,
// this prevents us from incluing the .EXE for the process we're looking for.
// . Be sure to not
// add the .exe to the name you provide, i.e: NOTEPAD,
// not NOTEPAD.EXE or false is always returned even if
// notepad is running
if (clsProcess.ProcessName.StartsWith(name)) {
// since we found the proccess we now need to use the
// Kill Method to kill the process. Remember, if you have
// the process running more than once, say IE open 4
// times the loop thr way it is now will close all 4,
// if you want it to just close the first one it finds
// then add a return; after the Kill
clsProcess.Kill();
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
