C++ Process Terminating

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Hello,
so in my program i use EnumProcess to get all active processes and then compare this ID's with a file and if i find the same ID i terminate it ,
my problem now is how to terminate the program , should i use TerminateProcess ? is there any easier and safer method ? and ty

Posted 28-Aug-15 9:04am

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Aug-15 15:22pm

Code please?

Member 11943312 28-Aug-15 15:38pm

i can give you but its a total mess right now as i didnt finish most of the things

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 28-Aug-15 15:44pm

Not just me, update your question by clicking on Improve question, then add the code that is relevant to the question.

It helps us to determine what sort of problem you are in and what can we do to help you.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Aug-15 15:52pm

I don't see the problem in code; the inquirer probably knows how to terminate the process and just asking for an advice. The main problem is really "why doing so?" I already answered with Solution 1, which can be clarified is we get some more specific clarifications from the inquirer.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Aug-15 15:50pm

Why doing so?
—SA

Member 11943312 29-Aug-15 4:19am

Well, i am doing a small project to learn more about c++ and winapi , and all it does is close certain programs , like lets say i have a annoying program that is using CPU and memory , like livid ... this program will close them so i dont care about them losing data as i am not using them , and by safe i meant it close the program and free up the used memory or just terminate it .. also how do i get a processes ID ?

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In addition to Sergey's advice, have a look at "How to gracefully terminate a process?" at Stack Overflow[^].

Posted 28-Aug-15 10:24am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Aug-15 16:39pm

Yes, a good link, a 5.
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Member 11943312 29-Aug-15 4:20am

Thank you

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-28T09:50:00

Of course, you can use TerminateProcess, and this is not even so dangerous (compared to TerminateThread), but this is certainly a dirty thing to be used only in extreme cases; for example, OS can terminate faulty process. In regular use, the process should terminate itself, just by returning from its entry-point function. It should work this way even if you decide to terminate process on some fatal exception, but even this is rare and use mostly in simplest console-only utilities.

External termination of some process is always the abuse, unless we are talking about system utilities for process control, which can be done in emergency situations, debugging/troubleshooting and other experimental situations. Doing so means dealing with the processes not properly designed for termination in civilized graceful ways.

—SA