I've used the below script a couple of times to kill processes in a vbscript without any issues.
This time I'm trying to kill explorer.exe. Only issue is after I use the script to kill explorer.exe within 2 seconds explorer process restores.
I don't understand ? because if I manually kill explorer.exe with Task Manager, the process is killed until I start the process again. So whats the issue with the below script?
Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess
Dim strComputer, strProcessKill
strComputer = "."
strProcessKill = "'explorer.exe'"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & strProcessKill )
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate()
Next
WScript.Quit
A way :
Set oCMD = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oCMD.Run "taskkill /f /im explorer.exe",0,True
You can try like this :
Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess
Dim strComputer, strProcessKill
strComputer = "."
strProcessKill = "'explorer.exe'"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & strProcessKill )
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate(1)
Next
Or like this way :
Option Explicit
Dim Process
Process = "Explorer.exe"
Call Kill(Process)
'****************************************************
Sub Kill(Process)
Dim Ws,Command,Execution
Set Ws = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Command = "cmd /c Taskkill /F /IM "& Process &""
Execution = Ws.Run(Command,0,True)
Set Ws = Nothing
End Sub
'****************************************************
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I have an executable EMC_WS.EXE and I want to run this using the command
WshShell.Run "EMC_WS.EXE", 1, False
The executable runs correctly, but the command window is not appearing. I have used mingwstudio to generate EMC_WS.EXE.
Dim pathString, UserPath
Dim position
Dim WshShell, Shell
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set Shell = WshShell.Environment("User")
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = 'EMC_WS.EXE'")
For Each objProcess In colProcessList
objProcess.Terminate()
Next
WshShell.Run "EMC_WS.EXE", 1, False
Set WshShell = Nothing
WScript.Quit(0)
I'm trying to close an open OneNote application on a user's computer using VB Script. However, I cannot seem to get it to work. I need to close any open OneNotes before I run the rest of the VBS file. So far I've tried this, but doesn't work for OneNote.
Set oNote= CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oNote.Exec "onenote"
oNote.Terminate
This is another code I've tried. Neither work.
Set oNote= CreateObject("onenote")
oNote.Quit
You can try like this way to kill Onenote.exe process
Option Explicit
Dim Process
Process = "Onenote.exe"
Call Kill(Process)
'****************************************************
Sub Kill(Process)
Dim Ws,Command,Execution
Set Ws = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Command = "cmd /c Taskkill /F /IM "& Process &""
Execution = Ws.Run(Command,0,True)
Set Ws = Nothing
End Sub
'****************************************************
Or by this way :
Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess
Dim strComputer, strProcessKill
strComputer = "."
strProcessKill = "'Onenote.exe'"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & strProcessKill )
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate(1)
Next
I need a less dogey/more efficient way to restart my computer through VBS. The code below is an example of what I have so far. Is there a more efficient way to restart other then SendKeys method??
Option Explicit
Dim obj
set obj= creatobject("wscript.shell")
obj.run "CMD"
wscript.sleep 300
obj.SendKeys "shutdown /r"
obj.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
obj.SendKeys "exit"
obj.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
wscript.quit
Thanks
You can use winmgmts, this script takes an argument for the computer name but can easily be changed for your use
If Wscript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then
strComputer = inputbox("Enter a computer name to Restart","Enter computer name")
if strComputer = "" then wscript.quit
Else
strCOmputer = Wscript.Arguments.Item(0)
End If
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(Shutdown)}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objOperatingSystem in colOperatingSystems
objOperatingSystem.Reboot()
Next
it will work
Set OpSysSet = GetObject("winmgmts:{authenticationlevel=Pkt," _
& "(Shutdown)}").ExecQuery("select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where "_
& "Primary=true")
for each OpSys in OpSysSet
retVal = OpSys.Reboot()
next
I'd like to use VBScript to check if the Spooler service is started and if not start it, the code below checks the service status but I need some help modifying this so I can check if it is started.
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colRunningServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service")
For Each objService in colRunningServices
Wscript.Echo objService.DisplayName & VbTab & objService.State
Next
Many thanks
Steven
How about something like this. This command will start it if it isn't already running. No need to check in advance.
Dim shell
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "NET START spooler", 1, false
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colRunningServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("select State from Win32_Service where Name = 'Spooler'")
For Each objService in colRunningServices
If objService.State <> "Running" Then
errReturn = objService.StartService()
End If
Next
Note you can also use objService.started to check if its started.
Just for the completeless, here's an alternative variant using the Shell.Application object:
Const strServiceName = "Spooler"
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
If Not oShell.IsServiceRunning(strServiceName) Then
oShell.ServiceStart strServiceName, False
End If
Or simply:
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
oShell.ServiceStart "Spooler", False ''# This returns False if the service is already running
I have this VBScript code to terminate one process
Const strComputer = "."
Dim objWMIService, colProcessList
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = 'Process.exe'")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
objProcess.Terminate()
Next
It works fine with some processes, but when it comes to any process runs under SYSTEM, it can't stop it.
Is there is anything I need to add to kill the process under SYSTEM?
The way I have gotten this to work in the past is by using PsKill from Microsoft's SysInternals. PsKill can terminate system processes and any processes that are locked.
You need to download the executable and place it in the same directory as the script or add it's path in the WshShell.Exec call. Here's your sample code changed to use PsKill.
Const strComputer = "."
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim objWMIService, colProcessList
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = 'Process.exe'")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
WshShell.Exec "PSKill " & objProcess.ProcessId
Next
Try explicit assert debug privilege {impersonationLevel=impersonate,(debug)}:
Set wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(debug)}!\\.\root\CIMV2")
Set procs = wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name='SearchIndexer.exe'", , 48)
For Each proc In procs
proc.Terminate
Next