How to kill any running excel process?

Question

I want to kill all the excel process which are running in the system before I start my application.How can I do that in C#?

check my answer, this is a duplicate most likely though. – Mike Feb 10 '14 at 16:08 — Mike, Feb 10 '14 at 16:08

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 18 '16 at 21:41

4

This will work:

foreach (Process p in Process.GetProcessesByName("EXCEL"))
{
    p.Kill();
}

edited Aug 18 '16 at 21:41

Archibald

answered Feb 10 '14 at 16:08

Jamie

I took out the .EXE as the process name is supposed to be a "friendly name" as defined by the MSDN, a name without file extension. – Archibald Aug 18 '16 at 20:15

Mike · Answer 2 · 2014-02-10T17:13:17.627

2

using System.Diagnostics;
try
{
      foreach (var p in Process.GetProcessesByName("EXCEL.EXE"))
          p.Kill();
}

edited Feb 10 '14 at 17:13

answered Feb 10 '14 at 16:08

Mike

2 Answers2