Re: Stoping IE and removing it from memory

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:30:23 +0200

Richard Bell wrote:

> I'm relatively new to WSH and VBSCRIPT. I'm looking for a reliable
> way to stop IE and remove it from memory. When I do an
>
> ie.Quit
>
> IE stops and the visible window is removed from the screen.
> Unfortunately, iexplorer remains in the process list. How do I stop
> it and get it truely out of memory?
>
> Thanks.
Hi

ie.Quit works fine for me, iexplore.exe disappears from the task
list.

To be sure IE is killed, after ie.Quit, you can run this:

sComputer = "." ' use "." for local computer
Set oWmi = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
    & sComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colProcessList = oWmi.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'iexplore.exe'")

For Each oProcess in colProcessList
    oProcess.Terminate()
Next 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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