Re: determine if a process was killed
"Ashutosh" <smbs-msdn@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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I am starting a process using ShellExecuteEx, then waiting for it to
finish using WaitForSingleObject. And at last getting the exit code of
the process using GetExitCodeProcess.
If the process ends in normal way, all the values are fine. But if the
process is killed the exit code is not consistent or defined.
Are you sure? TerminateProcess takes the exit code as a parameter. If I
recall correctly, Task Manager always passes 1 when asked to kill a
process.
So, how do I determine if the process ended in normal way or it was
killed?
You can't, in general. If you have the source code for the process, you
can have it, say, write a registry value as the last step in an orderly
shutdown.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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