How do I close an open program using its path VB.NET

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hello everyone i was wondering if anyone knew how i could close a program or textfile by its path so (C:\Users\brandon\Documents\NewTextDoc (2)) or (C:\Users\brandon\Documents\Hey.exe as an example can anyone help me out. Thanks.

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i havent really tried anything im just trying to have fun with programs and not sure where to start with this does anyone know what i could do?

Posted 23-Aug-17 5:47am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2017-08-23T06:04:00

You can't - you need it's Process to access it.
Think about it: if I run two copies of the same program, which one should you close?

You can use Process.GetProcesses[^] to get all the currently running processes, then Process.Kill[^] to kill a specific process.
Each Process object has properties you may be able to use to identify thr one you want: Process Class (System.Diagnostics)[^] including the ProcessName and MainWindowTitle