How to close a .exe program from remote computer

Question

Hi, I want to simply close a .exe program from a remote computer. The computer has user/password authentication and its windows. Is there any way for this? Regards.

Vulpes · Answer

Well, you certainly can't do it using the Process class. However, you might be able to do it using WMI. The code would be something like this, though you might need to set further properties for the ConnectionOptions object (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.connectionoptions.aspx ): using System; using System.Management; class Test { static void Main() { ConnectionOptions conn = new ConnectionOptions(); conn.Username = "userName"; conn.Password = "password"; string machineName = "machineName"; ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("\\" + machineName + "\root\cimv2", conn); ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(scope, new ManagementPath("Win32_Process"), new ObjectGetOptions()); string processName = "processName"; mc.InvokeMethod("Terminate", new object[]{processName}); } }

yokzu · Answer

Thanks guys, Ill try these ideas.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Note that if "Terminate" works the way it probably does, it does not close the application. Termination is not the same as closing. Termination is not friendly, can cause loss of data and can adversely affect a system. The typical way to close an application is to send it's window a WM_CLOSE message. That will usually work but not always. It is the Microsoft recommended way. I do not know of any existing software that will do it but I am sure there is some. It would be easy to write an application. Then all you would need to do is to use WMI to execute the application remotely. If relevant, you could instead schedule the application to execute at a certain time.