Process.Close Method

The Close method causes the process to stop waiting for exit if it was waiting, closes the process handle, and clears process-specific properties. Close does not close the standard output, input, and error readers and writers in case they are being referenced externally.

Note
The Dispose method calls Close. Placing the Process object in a using block disposes of resources without the need to call Close.

The following example starts an instance of Notepad. It then retrieves the physical memory usage of the associated process at 2-second intervals for a maximum of 10 seconds. The example detects whether the process exits before 10 seconds have elapsed. The example closes the process if it is still running after 10 seconds.

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

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  for full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code.

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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