[python-win32] Any way to get PyHANDLE for any running process?

[Moore, Paul]

From: Brett Cannon
> I noticed win32process.TerminateProcess(), but it wants a PyHANDLE and I 
> can't figure out how to create one for any process other than the 
> currently running one.

> Any help on this would be great.  Already sick of doing it manually 
> through the Task Manager.

If you don't need to use Python, Systems Internals' pstools package at
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml includes a
pskill utility - pskill iexplore will kill all iexplore processes.

Otherwise, you need stuff from the win32process module. You can use
win32process.EnumProcesses to get all processes and then win32api.OpenProcess
to convert a pid to a pyHandle, then win32process.GetModuleFileNameEx
with a hModule of 0 to get the executable name. Once you have that, you
can decide whether it's the one you want to kill...

Maybe there's a simpler way, but that would be a bit of a novelty when
dealing with the Win32 API :-)

Hope this helps,
Paul.


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