KillProc plug-in

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Contents 1 KillProc Plugin for NSIS (2006-12-16) 1.1 Functions 1.2 Parameters 1.3 Return Values 1.4 Example 1.5 Download 1.6 Credits

[edit] KillProc Plugin for NSIS (2006-12-16)

This plugin is intended for searching and killing processes. Usefull if you want to kill all running instances of a certain application.

[edit] Functions

• KillProc::FindProcesses - Enumerate all running instances of the specified process
• KillProc::KillProcesses - Kills all running instances of the specified process

[edit] Parameters

• $0: Specifies the name of the process to be killed (e.g. "foo.exe")

[edit] Return Values

• $0: The number of processes found/killed
• $1: The number of processes that could not be killed (-1 indicates serious problems)

[edit] Example

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   StrCpy $0 "foo.exe"
   DetailPrint "Searching for processes called '$0'"
   KillProc::FindProcesses
   StrCmp $1 "-1" wooops
   DetailPrint "-> Found $0 processes"
 
   StrCmp $0 "0" completed
   Sleep 1500
 
   StrCpy $0 "foo.exe"
   DetailPrint "Killing all processes called '$0'"
   KillProc::KillProcesses
   StrCmp $1 "-1" wooops
   DetailPrint "-> Killed $0 processes, failed to kill $1 processes"
 
   Goto completed
 
   wooops:
   DetailPrint "-> Error: Something went wrong :-("
   Abort

   completed:
   DetailPrint "Everything went okay :-D"
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[edit] Download

• Current Release: 2006-12-16
• Download: NSIS-KillProc-Plugin.2006-12-16.zip

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From Nicholas Wang (njwdm@163.com)

• Current Release for unicode edition: 2009-11-13
• Download: For-NSIS-Unicode

[edit] Credits

• Written by MuldeR
• Homepage: www.mulder.at.gg