This article will help you find and kill a running application by using the filename that is running. don't forget to add Tlhelp32 unit in the uses clause. please note this code has been only tested on windows 2000, I don't know if it will work on windows 95/98, but if it does work please email me.
uses
Tlhelp32;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
Memo1: TMemo;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
function KillTask(ExeFileName: string): integer;
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
function TForm1.KillTask(ExeFileName: string): integer;
const
PROCESS_TERMINATE=$0001;
var
ContinueLoop: BOOL;
FSnapshotHandle: THandle;
FProcessEntry32: TProcessEntry32;//used to store proccess information that are
//currently running
sFileName:string;
begin
result := 0;
//Takes a snapshot of the processes and the heaps, modules, and threads
//used by the processes
FSnapshotHandle := CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
FProcessEntry32.dwSize := Sizeof(FProcessEntry32);
//Retrieves information about the first process encountered in a system snapshot
ContinueLoop := Process32First(FSnapshotHandle,FProcessEntry32);
//stops until there is no more processes to check
while integer(ContinueLoop) <> 0 do begin
sFileName:= UpperCase(ExtractFileName(FProcessEntry32.szExeFile));
//check if filename is the same to terminate it.
if (sFileName=UpperCase(ExeFileName)) then
Result := Integer(TerminateProcess(OpenProcess(
PROCESS_TERMINATE, BOOL(0),
FProcessEntry32.th32ProcessID), 0));
//gets the next process encountered in a system snapshot
ContinueLoop := Process32Next(FSnapshotHandle,
FProcessEntry32);
end;
CloseHandle(FSnapshotHandle);
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
KillTask('itemfinder.exe');
end;