Various methodologies to Kill running Process in Task Manager.

Approach 1:- Without using UFT and we will simply create a .VBS file on the system and Run it.

'*******************************************Sub***************************************************
'Function Name:- fn_KillMe
'Function Description:- Kills the Given process using Run Command
'Input Parameters:- sProcess,(Process Name)
'Output Parameters:- Process Killed Message
''**************************************************************************************************
msgbox fn_KillMe("Notepad.exe")
Public Function fn_KillMe(sProcess)
 On Error Resume Next 
 Dim objShell,sStatus
 'Creating WSH object
 Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 'Executing the Run command to kill the Instance
 sStatus = objShell.Run ("TASKKILL /F /IM "&sProcess)
 'Check the Run command status (0 = Success)
 if sStatus = 0 Then
 fn_KillMe ="Running instances killed for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 Else
 fn_KillMe ="Error occured while killing the Instance for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 End if 
 Set objShell =Nothing
 If Err.Number  0 Then
 fn_KillMe= "Not able to execute the process, Error occured = '"&Err.Description &"'"
 End If
 On Error Goto 0 
End Function

Note:-
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1. “TASKKILL /F /IM ”
nTaskkill is a command which ends one or more Processes
n/F – Forcefully closing the application
n/IM – Image Name. Nothing but the visible exe file in the task manager.
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ImageName

2.“TASKKILL /IM “

We can also use the command “TASKKILL /IM “, but incase any data is unsaved in the application instance to be killed,it will ask for user action.For example we have unsaved Notepad file, on killing of “Notepad.Exe” operation, we will get the save dialog box, and process won’t be killed until and unless we dont take any action on save dialog box.

Save Dialog Box

n3.How to check version of WSH?
nwe can determine the Windows Script Host version number by typing CScript + press enter in command prompt.
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Command Prompt

A.2.
nUsing “Exec” Command
n

'*******************************************Sub***************************************************
'Function Name:- fn_KillMeExec
'Function Description:- Kills the Given process using Exec command
'Input Parameters:- sProcess,(Process Name)
'Output Parameters:- Process Killed Message
'**************************************************************************************************
msgbox fn_KillMeExec("Notepad.exe")
Public Function fn_KillMeExec(sProcess)
 On Error Resume Next 
 Dim objShell,objExec,sStatus
 'Creating WSH object
 Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 'Executing the Run command to kill the Instance
 Set objExec = objShell.Exec ("taskkill /IM "&sProcess)
 'Check the Exec command status (1 = Success)
 if objExec.Status = 1 Then
 fn_KillMeExec ="Running instances killed for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 Else
 fn_KillMeExec ="Error occured while killing the Instance for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 End if 
 Set objExec =Nothing
 Set objShell =Nothing
 If Err.Number  0 Then
 fn_KillMeExec= "Not able to execute the process, Error occured = '"&Err.Description &"'"
 End If
 On Error Goto 0 
End Function

nB.Using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), we will create “WMI Script” to fetch the running process and Terminate it.
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'*******************************************Sub***************************************************
'Function Name:- fn_KillProcess
'Function Description:- Checks if a GIVEN process is running in Task Manager and Terminates it
'Input Parameters:- sProcess,(Process Name)
'Output Parameters:- Process Killed Message
'**************************************************************************************************
Msgbox fn_KillProcess("outlook.exe")
Public Function fn_KillProcess(sProcess)
 Dim objWMI, objProcList 
 On Error Resume Next Err.Clear
 Set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:\.rootcimv2")
 'Look for the given process instance in Task Manager
 Set objProcList = objWMI.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & sProcess & "'")
 'Incase Process is found inthe Task Manager
 If objProcList.Count  0 Then
 Dim iCnt :iCnt = 0
 For Each objProc in objProcList objProc.Terminate
 iCnt = iCnt + 1
 Next
 fn_KillProcess = iCnt&" Running instances killed for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 Else
 fn_KillProcess = "No Running Instance found for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 End If
 'Destroying the Objects
 Set objWMI = Nothing
 Set objProcList = Nothing
 If Err.Number  0 Then
 fn_KillProcess= "Not able to execute the process, Error occured = '"&Err.Description &"'"
 End If
 On Error Goto 0
End Function

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nApproach 2:-UFT is required.

A.Creating object of Task Manager
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'*******************************************Sub***************************************************
'Function Name:- fn_KillInstance
'Function Description:- Kills the Given process using Task Manager,UFT Required
'Input Parameters:- sProcess,(Process Name)
'Output Parameters:- N/A
''**************************************************************************************************
fn_KillInstance("EXCEL.EXE *32")
Public Function fn_KillInstance(sProcess)
 'Using UFT objects
 On Error Resume Next 
 'Launching the Task Manager Instance
 SystemUtil.Run "taskmgr.exe"
 'Incase Taskmanager is launched, select the Application instance to Kill
 If Dialog("text:=Windows Task Manager").WinListView("nativeclass:=SysListView32").Exist(2) Then
 'Incase We are not able to find the exact Image Name, Uncomment the below line and Run the code to get the Name
 'print Dialog("text:=Windows Task Manager").WinListView("nativeclass:=SysListView32").GetROProperty ("all items")
 'Selecting the instance of running application
 Dialog("text:=Windows Task Manager").WinListView("nativeclass:=SysListView32").Select sProcess
 'Clicking on End Process
 Dialog("text:=Windows Task Manager").WinButton("text:=&End Process").Click
 'Incase End Process Confirmation Window Exists
 If Dialog("is owned window:=False","nativeclass:=#32770","text:=Windows Task Manager").Dialog("is owned window:=True","text:=Windows Task Manager").WinButton("text:=End process").Exist(2) Then
 Dialog("is owned window:=False","nativeclass:=#32770","text:=Windows Task Manager").Dialog("is owned window:=True","text:=Windows Task Manager").WinButton("text:=End process").Click
 End If
 else
 Print "Not able to launch the Task Manager instance so Exiting the Test"
 Exit Function 
 End If
 'Incase no instance is found for the Application in the Task Manager
 If err.Number  0 Then
 Print "Sorry no Instance found for the given Process = '"&sProcess&"' in the Task Manager"
 Exit Function
 End If
 Print "Successfully Killed the Instance of Running Application in the Task Manager"
 On Error Goto 0
End Function

B. Utilizing Send Keys Method and Descriptive Programming
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'*******************************************Sub***************************************************
'Function Name:- fn_KillUsingSendKeys
'Function Description:- Kills the Given process using Task Manager using UFT
'Input Parameters:- sProcess,(Process Name)
'Output Parameters:- Status 
''**************************************************************************************************
Msgbox fn_KillUsingSendKeys ("excel.exe")
Public Function fn_KillUsingSendKeys(sProcess)
 'Using SendKeys Method
 On Error Resume Next 
 Dim objShell,sStatus,objProcesses,iProcessId
 'Creating WSH object
 Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 'Executing the Run command to Launch Command Prompt
 sStatus = objShell.Run ("cmd")
 'Check the Run command status (0 = Success)
 if sStatus = 0 Then
 'Activates an application windows
 Window("regexpwndtitle:=C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe").Activate
 'Using SendKeys Method to send Keystrokes to Cmd Prompt
 objShell.SendKeys "cd.."
 'Press Enter to Execute the command
 objShell.SendKeys "{Enter}"
 objShell.SendKeys "TASKKILL /F /IM "&sProcess
 objShell.SendKeys "{Enter}"
 fn_KillUsingSendKeys ="Running instances killed for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 Else
 fn_KillUsingSendKeys ="Error occured while killing the Instance for the Application = '"&sProcess&"'"
 End if 
 Set objShell =Nothing 
End Function

Note :-
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nWe can also use SytemUtil(Utlity Object) to kill the running processes
nExample:-To Kill process based on the Image Name(excel.exe) in task manager,
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n Systemutil.CloseProcessByName “excel.exe”
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Sytemtutil Methods

Matteo

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