Thread: Closing Programs?

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    BubbleMan
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    Question Closing Programs?

    How do I close a program through C++?

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    Registered User minime6696's Avatar
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    Arrow wel...

    That depends wut you mean... Close a window or remove a proccess?

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    Post Ok..I meant

    I meant if something like Internet Explorer was open, how would I close it using C++?

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    I had the same question so if anyone would reply it would be very helpful.....

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    If you wanted to close an Internet Explorer window, you could use EnumWindows() to loop through all windows one at a time, calling GetWindowText() in your proc to get the title. If "Internet Explorer" is found in the title, send the window a WM_CLOSE message, and you're done.
    "Optimal decisions, once made, do not need to be changed." - Robert Sedgewick, Algorithms in C

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