#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <shellapi.h>
#include <tlhelp32.h>
int SearchProcessByName(const char * process_name, int kill_if_found)
{
int found = 0;
PROCESSENTRY32 entry;
entry.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32);
HANDLE snapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, NULL);
if (Process32First(snapshot, &entry) == TRUE)
{
while (Process32Next(snapshot, &entry) == TRUE)
{
if (_stricmp(entry.szExeFile, process_name) == 0)
{
HANDLE hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, entry.th32ProcessID);
found++;
if (NULL != hProcess && kill_if_found) {
TerminateProcess(hProcess, 0);
}
CloseHandle(hProcess);
}
}
}
CloseHandle(snapshot);
return found;
}
int APIENTRY WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow )
{
int found = SearchProcessByName("notepad.exe", 0);
AllocConsole();
printf("Found %d instance(s).\n", found);
SearchProcessByName("notepad.exe", 1);
printf("Kill the process.\n");
getchar();
FreeConsole();
return 0;
}