Process.Kill() vs Process.Start("taskkill",...)

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I've a small C# installer application and I want to kill a process. Are there any advantages / differences in using

Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName("[taskname]");
foreach (Process p in procs) { p.Kill(); }

vs

Process.Start("taskkill", "/F /IM [taskname].exe");

I read somewhere that using "taskkill" is only available in XP(and up), so would that make Process.Kill() the safer option?

score 27 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '13 at 23:43

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p.kill() doesn't kill the process tree.

So taskkill is needed if you want to kill the whole process tree.

answered Mar 11 '13 at 23:43

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '11 at 15:29

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Process.Kill is prefered, because you are not starting another process as you do, when you start taskkill to kill the process. It is just a lot of useless overhead.

answered May 31 '11 at 15:29

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Taskkill seems to be more reliable on killing processes when you try to kill explorer.exe for example. – Bitterblue Mar 22 '13 at 07:23

Process.Kill() vs Process.Start("taskkill",...)

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