using System;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Collections;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Data;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using System.Threading;

namespace FileSystemInvestigator

{

    public class ExitApp
    {
    private const UInt32 WM_CLOSE = 0x0010;

    public delegate bool EnumThreadDelegate(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr lParam);

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    static extern bool EnumThreadWindows(uint dwThreadId, EnumThreadDelegate lpfn, IntPtr lParam);

    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Find process.
        Process[] p = Process.GetProcessesByName(args[0]);

        if (p.Length > 0)
        {
        foreach (Process proc in p)
        {
            // Check if main window exists. If the window is minimized to the tray this might be not the case.
            if (proc.MainWindowHandle == IntPtr.Zero)
            {
            // Try closing application by sending WM_CLOSE to all child windows in all threads.
            foreach (ProcessThread pt in proc.Threads)
            {
                EnumThreadWindows((uint)pt.Id, new EnumThreadDelegate(ExitApp.EnumThreadCallback), IntPtr.Zero);
            }
            }
            else
            {
            // Try to close main window.
            if (proc.CloseMainWindow())
            {
                // Free resources used by this Process object.
                proc.Close();
            }
            }
        }
        }
    }

    static bool EnumThreadCallback(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr lParam)
    {
        // Close the enumerated window.
        PostMessage(hWnd, WM_CLOSE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);

        return true;
    }
    }

}

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