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Kill Process

RCA.Activities.Common.KillProcess

Description​

The Kill Process activity terminates a specified Windows process. You can target a process by a Process object or by process name. When using Process Name, you can also limit which matching processes are terminated by user, session, or desktop.

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In the body of activity​

  • Process (Process) - A Process type object describing the process to be closed.
  • Process Name (String) - The name of the process to be closed. You can enter the name with or without the .exe extension.
    E.g: "notepad" or "notepad.exe"

Note: At least one of Process or Process Name must be provided.

Properties​

Common

  • Continue On Error (Boolean) - This property specifies when the automation keeps going if it has an error. Only have two possible values: True or False. True - allows the rest of the process to continue the execution even an error occurs within the activity. False (default) - blocks the process from continuing the execution.

Input

  • Apply On (KillProcessApplyOn) - Specifies the scope for process termination when using Process Name. Available options:
    • All (default) - Terminates matching processes regardless of user, session, or desktop.
    • OnlyCurrentUser - Terminates only processes owned by the current user.
    • OnlyCurrentSession - Terminates only processes in the current Windows session.
    • OnlyCurrentDesktop - Terminates only processes running on the current desktop.
  • Process (Process) - A Process type object describing the process to be closed.
  • Process Name (String) - The name of the process to be closed.
    E.g: "chrome"

Misc

  • Display Name (String) - The name of this activity. You can edit the name of the activity to organize and structure your code better.
  • Public (Checkbox) - Check if you want to public it. Remember to consider data security requirement before using it. Default is uncheck.