How do I stop a process from running during certain days and times

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I need to create a program that kills a process during a certain time frame and on certain days.

Example I want to stop firefox on mondays, tuesdays and fridays. During the times of 9am to 3pm. But allow it to run after and before that.

Any suggestions?

What I have tried:

At this point I have looked at other examples but have not come to a proper way of doing it.

Posted 17-Oct-20 16:25pm

RobertBurlile16

Updated 17-Oct-20 20:03pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-17T20:02:00

Why re-invent the wheel?
There are two ways to do this: How to Set App & Game Limits on Windows 10[^] which uses parental controls, and Group Policies is another: How to Block (or Allow) Certain Applications for Users in Windows[^]

Other wise, you are looking at monitoring the processes list, and killing unwanted processes in a background thread - which while pretty simple has to be approached with caution as it may not be obvious what process(s) you need to kill. There is also the fun of keeping your app running at all times, which generally is very simple to defeat ...