Terminate subprocess in Windows, access denied

Question

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import time
import subprocess
from os.path import expanduser

chrome_path = expanduser(\'~\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\         


        

Answer 1

I don't know about Windows, but have noticed on Linux that Google Chrome "protects" itself from operating system control signals in a way that few programs do:

$ ps -lp 2345
F S   UID   PID  PPID  C PRI  NI ADDR SZ WCHAN  TTY          TIME CMD
4 S  1000  2345     1  0  80   0 - 17699 skb_re ?        00:00:00 chrome
$ kill -TERM 2345
$ kill -HUP 2345
$ kill -SEGV 2345
$ ps -lp 2345
F S   UID   PID  PPID  C PRI  NI ADDR SZ WCHAN  TTY          TIME CMD
4 S  1000  2345     1  0  80   0 - 17699 skb_re ?        00:00:00 chrome

I suspect this may be the root cause of your troubles. Incidentally, I'm posting this note from process 2345.

Answer 2

what happens if you use TASKKILL /F /PID [number of process ID] ? Give it a try. Launch it through import OS

Answer 3

I think the best bet is to find and close the window at the os level: http://python.net/crew/skippy/win32/Downloads.html.