Kill all processes besides my program in C#

Question

No, this is not Malware. I'm trying to make a PC helper tool that kills all tasks that are non-Windows processes, but in the process, it kills itself.

It's a console application, so I tried disincluding cmd.exe to kill, but it still kills my program.

Is there a way kind of like this?

if (process.ToString == this.ExecutableName)

are you saying that you want a way to identify your own process? — Sam I am says Reinstate Monica, Aug 01 '14 at 18:52
I think you want to [find out what the assembly name is](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4266202/getting-assembly-name) — gunr2171, Aug 01 '14 at 18:52
Sam, yes. That is what I'm asking. gunr, I will look at that now. — user3894475, Aug 01 '14 at 18:54

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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It doesn't get much easier than

Process self = Process.GetCurrentProcess() ;
foreach( Process p in Process.GetProcesses().Where( p => p.Id != self.Id ) )
{
  p.Kill() ;
}

If you need to worry about your parent process (so you don't kill the command shell that launched your process, the answers to the question "How can I get the PID of the parent process of my application" should guide you.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Aug 01 '14 at 19:39

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '14 at 19:31

If you run the application from the solution folder, your process will be easily identifiable in the task manager eg: consoleApplication1.exe

You can get the name of the process by:

var cb = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
var processName = Path.GetFileName(cb);

You will see that in your list of processes in task manager, the name of the process is different if you are debugging and you have "Enable the visual studio hosting process" checked. In this instance the process name would be

consoleApplication1.vshost.exe

You can uncheck this option by right clicking on your project and clicking on "Properties" and then selecting "Debug". You should see a checkbox saying "Enable the visual studio hosting process". Deselect the check box.

Your process name will then be

consoleApplication1.exe

Tsukasa · Answer 3 · 2014-08-01T19:59:33.103

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List<string> safeProcs = new List<string>() { "App1", "App2", "App3" };

List<Process> procs = Process.GetProcesses()
    .Where(p => !p.Equals(Process.GetCurrentProcess()) && !safeProcs.Contains(p.ProcessName))
    .ToList();
procs.ForEach(p => p.Kill());

edited Aug 01 '14 at 19:59

answered Aug 01 '14 at 19:33

Tsukasa

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I think this will kill windows processes as well (or at least attempt to). – gunr2171 Aug 01 '14 at 19:41
yes but it sounded like that's what he was asking even though it won't actually kill everything like that – Tsukasa Aug 01 '14 at 19:44

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 28 '22 at 21:55

I think you should not use (.exe) in your process name and you must use (using System.Linq;) not to make any error while using (.Any()).

if (Process.GetProcessesByName("YourProcessNameGoesHere").Any())
            {
                
Process MyCurentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
                foreach (Process process in Process.GetProcessesByName("YourProcessNameGoesHere").Where(process => process.Id != MyCurentProcess.Id))
                {
                    process.Kill();
                }
            }

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 01 '14 at 19:41

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You can use this procedure:

    private void KillProcess(string _process)
    {
        Process[] procs = Process.GetProcesses();

        foreach (Process proc in procs)
        {
            if (proc.ProcessName == _process)
            {
                proc.Kill();
                proc.WaitForExit();
            }
        }
    }

then:

KillProcess(this.ExecutableName);

answered Aug 01 '14 at 19:41

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This will kill _only_ the given `_process`, not everything except the given process. – gunr2171 Aug 01 '14 at 19:42

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