nsProcess plugin

[Instructor]

Features:
- Find/kill a process by name
- Kill all processes with specified name (not only one)
- The process name is case-insensitive
- Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP support
- Small plugin size (4,5 Kb)

Source function FIND_PROC_BY_NAME based upon the Ravi Kochhar code
Thanks iceman_k (FindProcDLL plugin) and
DITMan (KillProcDLL plugin) for direct me


"nsProcess" plugin v1.0

[JasonFriday13]

You just keep churning out the plugins. Good one.

[Comm@nder21]

you just rock, man.
this will revolutionize my installers

maybe i should collect all the good plugins into a package on day, so everyone may download and setup them easily ...

[Instructor]

Thanks

[onad]

Good to see "Win95/98/ME" support, thanks man!

[deguix]

you just rock, man.
this will revolutionize my installers

maybe i should collect all the good plugins into a package on day, so everyone may download and setup them easily ...

Another good idea would be making function standards and to include those in a global header for easier and pratical use.

[Comm@nder21]

... and include this header file together with the plugins into the package ...

[Instructor]

Fixed: removed CRT dependency (Windows 95 by default does not have msvcrt.dll)


"nsProcess" plugin v1.1

[Instructor]

Changed: Now plugin used header "nsProcess.nsh" for custom user variables and
              better compile errors check.

Update from previous versions:
         - Insert line in script:
            !include "nsProcess.nsh"
         - Replace:
            nsProcess::FindProcess -> ${nsProcess::FindProcess} ...
         - Replace:
            .r0 -> $0, .r1 -> $1 ... .R0 -> $R0, .R1 -> $R1 ...

"nsProcess" plugin v1.2

[{_trueparuex^}]

About the code

What is the benefit of using PSAPI for WinNT/2000/XP? Shouldn't the Win95/98/ME method work just as fine in this case?

Edit: Never mind. It's the Toolhelp32.dll what Windows NT does not have.

[{_trueparuex^}]

Hmm in Win95/98/ME method the hSnapShot HANDLE leaves open if the process was found and bTerminate is FALSE.

[Instructor]

Hmm in Win95/98/ME method the hSnapShot HANDLE leaves open if the process was found and bTerminate is FALSE.

You are right, fixed.

[Instructor]

Fixed: removed memory leak.


"nsProcess" plugin v1.3

[rxs2k5]

hmm I do not understand, can this plugin kill current open notepad ???

Is this able to find notepad that is currently running and kill it immediately ???

[{_trueparuex^}]

Originally posted by rxs2k5
hmm I do not understand, can this plugin kill current open notepad ???

Is this able to find notepad that is currently running and kill it immediately ???

Yes and yes.