End Process from Task Manager using VB 6 Code

Question

I need to kill an application roughly so I can get phantom subscriber of that application in my database (this can not be produced by closing the application). Manually, if

Answer 1

There are two ways:

1. Send WM_CLOSE to the target application if it has a window (hidden/visible). Task Manager's "End Task" uses this method. Most of the applications handle WM_CLOSE and terminate gracefully.

2. Use TerminateProcess API to kill forcefully - Task Manager's "End Process" uses this method. This API forcefully kills the process.

An example can be found here:

VB Helper: HowTo: Terminate a process immediately