TerminateProcess() doesn't close the application

Question

I am trying to use the TerminateProcess to terminate an app launched by ShellExecuteEX like this:

SHELLEXECUTEINFO ExecuteInfo;
ExecuteInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI; /* Odd but true */
ExecuteInfo.hwnd = NULL;
ExecuteInfo.cbSize = sizeof(ExecuteInfo);
ExecuteInfo.lpVerb = NULL;
ExecuteInfo.lpFile = "http://www.microsoft.com";
ExecuteInfo.lpParameters = "";
ExecuteInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
ExecuteInfo.nShow =  SW_SHOW;;
ShellExecuteEx(&ExecuteInfo);
//WaitForSingleObject(ExecuteInfo.hProcess, 0);
Sleep(4000);
TerminateProcess(ExecuteInfo.hProcess, 0);

IE gets opened but it never closes. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

According to MSDN, fMask must be set to SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS for .hProcess to get set. I would add a test to see if it is NULL. As a side note I've always had better luck using CreateProcess.

Edit:

This is how you do it using CreateProcess:

PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0};
STARTUPINFO si = {0};
si.cb = sizeof(si);
si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
si.wShowWindow = SW_SHOW;


CreateProcess(  NULL,
                "C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe http://www.google.com/",
                NULL,
                NULL,
                FALSE,
                NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                NULL,
                NULL,
                &si,
                &pi );


Sleep(4000);
TerminateProcess(pi.hProcess, 0);

You should add error-checking and could query the path of the default browser using: AssocQueryString like this: AssocQueryString(0,ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE,"http","open", szExe, &cchExe);