MS Excel Macros 12 - End Process( Task Manager Command) Using VBA

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If you want to terminate or kill any process using VBA Excel. 

The first thing you need to know is the process name you can find out by opening Task Manager . For example use "chrome.exe" to close chrome , etc 

Sub sample_1()

' process u want to terminate

Call TerminateProcess("googletalk.exe")

End Sub

Private Sub TerminateProcess(ByVal app_exe As String)

    Dim Process As Object

    For Each Process In GetObject("winmgmts:").ExecQuery("Select Name from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & app_exe & "'")

        Process.Terminate

    Next Process

End Sub