This has been asked before but I can't find a definitive answer, in code.
I open a process, ProcessA (with PID 1234). This process opens a child process, ProcessAB (PID 5678). After I'm done I terminate ProcessA but I still have the lingering of ProcessAB.
How do I terminate the whole process tree? What I mean, how do I make sure that if I terminate the process I opened I am also terminating all the associated processes?
Thanks
Code is appreciated.
Check this thread for grouping processes within a "job".
If that does not work for you, a home grown approach might go as follows:
Sample code:
DWORD myprocID = 1234; // your main process id
PROCESSENTRY32 pe;
memset(&pe, 0, sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32));
pe.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32);
HANDLE hSnap = :: CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
if (::Process32First(hSnap, &pe))
{
BOOL bContinue = TRUE;
// kill child processes
while (bContinue)
{
// only kill child processes
if (pe.th32ParentProcessID == myprocID)
{
HANDLE hChildProc = ::OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, pe.th32ProcessID);
if (hChildProc)
{
::TerminateProcess(hChildProc, 1);
::CloseHandle(hChildProc);
}
}
bContinue = ::Process32Next(hSnap, &pe);
}
// kill the main process
HANDLE hProc = ::OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, myprocID);
if (hProc)
{
::TerminateProcess(hProc, 1);
::CloseHandle(hProc);
}
}