how to kill/ close a .exe after having opened it

Question

In vb.net I have used process.start to open a .exe file and then have a threading.thread.sleep after it for an amount of time. Then I want it to close the .exe file but it won't let me use process.kill/close.

code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Process.Start("notepad.exe")
    Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000)
    Process.Kill()

Possible duplicate of [How do I kill a process using Vb.NET or C#?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/116090/how-do-i-kill-a-process-using-vb-net-or-c) — Mathemats, Nov 04 '15 at 23:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 04 '15 at 23:20

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You need to you the object which is referencing the handle for process. here is the example

Dim p As Process = Process.Start("notepad.exe")
p.Kill()

answered Nov 04 '15 at 23:20

sumeet kumar

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how to kill/ close a .exe after having opened it

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