Question

I have to 2 process excel. For example:

1) example1.xlsx
2) example2.xlsx

How to kill first “example1.xlsx”?

I use this code:

   foreach (Process clsProcess in Process.GetProcesses())
     if (clsProcess.ProcessName.Equals("EXCEL"))  //Process Excel?
          clsProcess.Kill();

That kill a both.
I wanna kill just one…
Thank you.

Answer 1

The ProcessMainWindow Title will do it for you, it appends “Microsoft Excel – ” to the name of the file:

So essentially (quick code):

private void KillSpecificExcelFileProcess(string excelFileName)
    {
        var processes = from p in Process.GetProcessesByName("EXCEL")
                        select p;

        foreach (var process in processes)
        {
            if (process.MainWindowTitle == "Microsoft Excel - " + excelFileName)
                process.Kill();
        }
    }

Use:

KillSpecificExcelFileProcess("example1.xlsx");

Edit: Tested and verified to work.