Close Window via TerminateProcess - Delphi
Description
Terminating the Window’s Owning Process (not only window)

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Jean-Pierre LESUEUR
var ATargetWindow := FindWindow(nil, 'Untitled - Notepad');
if ATargetWindow = 0 then
Exit();
var AProcessId : Cardinal;
if GetWindowThreadProcessId(ATargetWindow, AProcessId) = 0 then
raise EWindowsException.Create('GetWindowThreadProcessId');
var hProcess := OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, False, AProcessId);
if hProcess = 0 then
raise EWindowsException.Create('OpenProcess');
try
if not TerminateProcess(hProcess, 0) then
raise EWindowsException.Create('TerminateProcess');
finally
CloseHandle(hProcess);
end;
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Implemented By Technique
Featured Windows APIs
Created
April 24, 2025
Last Revised
April 24, 2025