"Gracefully" killing a process

c# .net process kill system.diagnostics
Icemanind picture Icemanind · Aug 5, 2010 · Viewed 16.3k times · Source

Right now I am using Process.Kill() to kill a process. Is there a way though, instead of just killing it immediately, that I can like send a message to the process instructing it to close so that it can gracefully clean up and shut down. Basically, I'm looking for the equivlent to just clicking the red X in the upper right hand corner, which I believe DOES send a message to the application requesting a shut down.

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lc. picture lc. · Aug 5, 2010

If the process has a windows interface (as you refer to the red "X"), you can try Process.CloseMainWindow(). If it fails, you can fallback to Process.Kill().

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