KillProcess>myproc*

[Jerry Thomas]

I need to check for and kill an existing process.

Normally an easy task.
My problem is the process will be called
WinMake.exe OR
WinMake20140319ahh-2.exe OR
WinMake + date + initials + iteration +.exe

Is there any way to say:
KillProcess>WinMake*.exe

Or is there a way to use the old VB technique?
Something like this?
(edited to clean up query)

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VBSTART
Sub killProcess
  set wmi = getobject("winmgmts:")
  sQuery = "select * from win32_process where name like 'WinMake'"
  set processes = wmi.execquery(sQuery)
  for each process in processes
    process.terminate
  next
End Sub
VBEND

Any ideas?

[Jerry Thomas]

Solved my own problem...

sQuery = "select * from win32_process where name like 'WinMake%'"

I had to add the % meaning 0 or more characters

[CyberCitizen]

Taskkill /f /im WinMake*.exe

[Jerry Thomas]

Thanks Cyber!
That would have been much simpler....