Closing a "Shell"ed exe after Shell ends

[GraeagleBill]

I have a 3rd party app (exe) that runs via a Shell command. It is leaving a file open that I need to delete. With that, I get the expected Runtime error 70. Is there a way to from VBA to force the 3rd party app to close?



This the 3rd party portion of the Shell:

Const Convert As String = "C:\TMSWavMp3Util\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe"

[Welshgasman]

Use win management and delete the process?

[GraeagleBill]

If you're referring to a manual action via the Task Manager, that's not what I'm looking for. Rather, I'm looking for a VBA statement that will close the ffmpeg.exe application.

[Welshgasman]

I am not. I am talking about using vba to kill a process when needed.

Investigate taskkill also
https://youtu.be/vBIteVB1Tlc?si=pkgTGtgmwxX73AaC

[GraeagleBill]

Thanks. From your post reference, I garnered this:

Shell ("Taskkill /IM ffmpeg.exe /F, vbHide")

I either got the statement wrong, or that's not what you'd intended.

I couldn't find any documentation relating to the "vbHide" switch, so I removed it and the revised statement

Shell ("Taskkill /IM ffmpeg.exe /F)

"did the trick".

[Welshgasman]

Works for me without any issues?

tt="mofffreecalc.exe"
Call Shell("taskkill /IM " & tt & " /F", vbhide)

Plus it is unlike Daniel to post anything which does not work?

[Welshgasman]

Thanks. From your post reference, I garnered this:

Shell ("Taskkill /IM ffmpeg.exe /F, vbHide")

I either got the statement wrong, or that's not what you'd intended.

I couldn't find any documentation relating to the "vbHide" switch, so I removed it and the revised statement

Shell ("Taskkill /IM ffmpeg.exe /F)

"did the trick".

Which does not have a trailing " now I look at it?