[python-win32] Any way to get PyHANDLE for any running process?

[Brett C.]

Moore, Paul wrote:

> From: Brett Cannon
> 
>>I noticed win32process.TerminateProcess(), but it wants a PyHANDLE and I 
>>can't figure out how to create one for any process other than the 
>>currently running one.
> 
> 
>>Any help on this would be great.  Already sick of doing it manually 
>>through the Task Manager.
> 
> 
> If you don't need to use Python, Systems Internals' pstools package at
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml includes a
> pskill utility - pskill iexplore will kill all iexplore processes.
> 
> Otherwise, you need stuff from the win32process module. You can use
> win32process.EnumProcesses to get all processes and then win32api.OpenProcess
> to convert a pid to a pyHandle, then win32process.GetModuleFileNameEx
> with a hModule of 0 to get the executable name. Once you have that, you
> can decide whether it's the one you want to kill...
> 
> Maybe there's a simpler way, but that would be a bit of a novelty when
> dealing with the Win32 API :-)
> 

Thanks to Paul, Jens, and Tim for replying to my email.  With two 
suggestions being the same as above I will give that a shot.

And yes, as I have quickly learned from my novice experience with coding 
for Windows, it would be a novelty if it was in any way simple.

-Brett