# Re: Killing Win32 process

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-killing-win32-process/139561>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 4, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-killing-win32-process/139561 "2008-06-04T23:34:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-killing-win32-process/139561/1 "2008-06-04T23:34:58Z")

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Qq  
Jamie McLaughlin  
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----- Original Message -----  
From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
To: ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Sent: Tue Jun 03 05:46:19 2008  
Subject: Killing Win32 process

Hi,

I tried the following code snippet to kill a Win32 process:

def killQTP  
wmi = WIN32OLE.connect(“winmgmts://”)  
processes = wmi.ExecQuery(“select \* from Win32\_process”)  
for process in processes do  
if process.Name.include? “QTPro.exe” then  
puts “Name: #{process.Name}”  
puts “Process ID: #{process.Pid}”  
puts process.Terminate  
elsif process.Name.include? “star.exe” then  
puts “Name: #{process.Name}”  
puts “Process ID: #{process.Pid}”  
puts process.Terminate  
end  
end  
puts “done killing QTP”  
end

But the process is not getting killed when I execute the above and  
simply gives “exit code: 0”

Can anyone help in case I am missing anything to execute the above code  
or is there any other way of killing a Win32 process?

## Thanks, Anukul

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