how to Minimize a process and then kill it

gavriel ankri

hello. I am new in this forum and I hope you can help me.

I am trying to open an application, minimize it and then kill it when I click on a button.

I did it like this:

    Process newProcess = Process.Start("wmplayer.exe");
            newProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;

and then kill it when i press a button:

            if (newProcess != null)
                newProcess.Kill();


everything ok except the Minimize. the application start in full windows and I dont know how to Minimize it.
If I do like this its work for me:
   ProcessStartInfo newprocess = new ProcessStartInfo("wmplayer.exe");
          newprocess.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;

but then I cant kill the process.

I hope you can hep me
thank you

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Krishna Garad15y ago
Accepted answer
For killing the process you can use this method might help you.

private void KillProcess()
        {
            Boolean isAlive = true;
            while (isAlive == true)
            {
                foreach (Process runningProcess in System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses())
                {
                    if (runningProcess.ProcessName == "wmplayer.exe")
                    {
                        runningProcess.Kill();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        isAlive = false;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
Call this method where you want.
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Sam Hobbs15y ago
Some developers won't like this, but the correct answer is to emphasize the Process.Kill Method documentation, which says that Kill "should be used only when necessary". It is bad design to use Kill as the normal way to close a process. A good answer is to advise use of what the documentation says to use. Just read the Process.Kill Method documentation.
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Suthish Nair15y ago
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(); startInfo.FileName = "wmplayer.exe";
//startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;
Process.Start(startInfo);

foreach (Process pr in Process.GetProcessesByName("wmplayer"))
pr.Kill();
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gavriel ankri15y ago
wow! you saved me! so simple and so helpful. I tried it and now everything work for me. thank you very much !
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