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Sovereign
 Post subject: Quick VBS Help
PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:22 pm 
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I found this code (source)
Code:
' ProcessKillLocal.vbs
' Sample VBScript to kill a program
' Author Guy Thomas http://computerperformance.co.uk/
' Version 2.7 - December 2005
' ------------------------ -------------------------------'
Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess
Dim strComputer, strProcessKill
strComputer = "."
strProcessKill = "'calc.exe'"

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & strProcessKill )
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate()
Next
WSCript.Echo "Just killed process " & strProcessKill _
& " on " & strComputer
WScript.Quit
' End of WMI Example of a Kill Process


I need help adapting it to kill more than one process since I want to run a "battery optimization" script that will kill off the following:
- sidebar.exe
- Moe.exe
- MoeMonitor.exe
- IM-History.exe

These are all processes that drain my battery when I'm in class. The wireless is off, yet the Mesh Operating Environment (Moe and MoeMonitor) continue to drain CPU cycles, as does IM-History. Desktop gadgets are great, except when the entire gadget is obscured by my OneNote and I never see it, so it's just wasting power.

Do I make some kind of list of processes to kill, or can this be done more easily with a batch file? I sorta know how to use TASKKILL.EXE.
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CrashTECH
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:36 am 
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I know this doesn't exactly do it for you... but...

http://www.anappaday.com/downloads/2006 ... kkill.html

I also made this batchfile:

killstuff.bat
Code:
taskkill /IM iPassPeriodicUpdateApp.exe /F
taskkill /IM iPassPeriodicUpdateService.exe /F
taskkill /IM TSVNCache.exe /F
taskkill /IM mqsvc.exe /F
taskkill /IM ctfmon.exe /F
taskkill /IM GoogleUpdate.exe /F
taskkill /IM GoogleUpdate.exe /F
taskkill /IM TscHelp.exe /F
taskkill /IM TSVNCache.exe /F
taskkill /IM sqlwriter.exe /F
taskkill /IM dexplore.exe /F
taskkill /IM AppleMobileDeviceService.exe /F
taskkill /IM ONENOTEEM.EXE /F
taskkill /IM iPodService.exe /F
taskkill /IM iTunesHelper.exe /F


You could also do it with powershell...

the taskkill command I use is pretty basic. /IM for the "image name" and /F to force.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:40 pm 
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CrashTECH wrote:
I also made this batchfile:

killstuff.bat
Code:
taskkill /IM iPassPeriodicUpdateApp.exe /F
taskkill /IM iPassPeriodicUpdateService.exe /F
taskkill /IM TSVNCache.exe /F
taskkill /IM mqsvc.exe /F
taskkill /IM ctfmon.exe /F
taskkill /IM GoogleUpdate.exe /F
taskkill /IM GoogleUpdate.exe /F
taskkill /IM TscHelp.exe /F
taskkill /IM TSVNCache.exe /F
taskkill /IM sqlwriter.exe /F
taskkill /IM dexplore.exe /F
taskkill /IM AppleMobileDeviceService.exe /F
taskkill /IM ONENOTEEM.EXE /F
taskkill /IM iPodService.exe /F
taskkill /IM iTunesHelper.exe /F


You could also do it with powershell...

the taskkill command I use is pretty basic. /IM for the "image name" and /F to force.


I thought a batch file might be better... Just paste that into a text editor, save it as .BAT, go?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:03 am 
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I like how Crash does it with a .bat file as it is quick, short and a simple approach. This can be done with a VBScript but requires more code to get things done:

Code:
Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess
Dim xComputer, xProcessKill ,xProcessKill2,xProcessKill3,xProcesskill4
xComputer = "."
xProcessKill = "'Excel.exe'"
xProcessKill2 = "'notepad.exe'"
xProcessKill3 = "'psp.exe'"
xProcessKill4 = "'firefox.exe'"

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& xComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & xProcessKill)
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate()
Next

Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & xProcessKill2)
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate()
Next

Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & xProcessKill3)
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate()
Next

Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = " & xProcessKill4)
For Each objProcess in colProcess
objProcess.Terminate()
Next


The above code in .vbs would kill:

Code:
xProcessKill = "'Excel.exe'"
xProcessKill2 = "'notepad.exe'"
xProcessKill3 = "'psp.exe'"
xProcessKill4 = "'firefox.exe'"


Excel, notepad, paint shop pro and firefox if they are running.

Yes, you would copy and paste Crash's code into notepad and taylor it for your processes to kill and save it as a .bat file (likely to your desktop). That should work just fine.

Ron
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CrashTECH
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:46 am 
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Sovereign wrote:
I thought a batch file might be better... Just paste that into a text editor, save it as .BAT, go?
Bingo. I like it because it is simple and gets the job done. The quick kill application I posted works well too. It is nice because you give it a list of things to NOT kill and it kills everything else. Which is sometimes easier.
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