Error 'System.Diagnostics.Process' does not contain a definition for 'GetProcesses' in visual studio 2008 c#

Question

How to kill process in visual studio 2008 c#? I tried the below code

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace GR
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Login loginform;
    public EntryForm entryform;

    public Form1()
    {
        //userName = "";
        InitializeComponent();
        //CheckForInternetConnection();

        foreach (Process clsProcess in Process.GetProcesses())
        {

            if (clsProcess.ProcessName.StartsWith("Bin_"))
            {
                clsProcess.Kill();
            }
        }
        loginform=new Login();

        entryform = new EntryForm();
        Controls.Add(loginform);
        Controls.Add(entryform);

        loginform.Show();
        entryform.Hide();

        loginform.entryForm = entryform;
        entryform.loginForm = loginform;

    }
  } 
}

I am getting this error

'System.Diagnostics.Process' does not contain a definition for 'GetProcesses'.

Any suggestion ?

Answer 1

The ompact Framework doesn't support it, which is why you get the error. The fallback is to use the Toolhelp APIs, like the SDF does. Take a look at the ProcessEntry class in the SDF. Specifically the GetProcesses() method and the subsequent Kill() method.