VB.Net Terminate the running process after a certain time.

Question

Hi,

Running a VB forms application and would like to know if it's possible to terminate/exit the VB application if the process is still running after a certain time.

For example, I would like to terminate this process, PSProcess if it has not been finished after 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, terminate this process and close the VB application and reboot the PC.

Dim PSProcess As Process = New Process()
PSProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "PowerShell.exe"
PSProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\Windows\myCustomeScript.ps1"
PSProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
PSProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
PSProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = True
PSProcess.Start()
PSProcess.WaitForExit()
Dim sStdErr_PSProcess As String = PSProcess.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
Console.WriteLine("Exit code : {0}", PSProcess.ExitCode)
Console.WriteLine("StdErr : {0}", sStdErr_PSProcess)

Answer 1

You can also use a timeout when waiting for a process to exit. Sorry about using an image, For some reason the site will not accept code. Q&A strikes again!

Answer 2

Hi @~OSD~ ,

You can configure a Timer after starting the process and let the timer detect if the process has exited after three minutes.

Best Regards.

Jiachen Li

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Answer 3

Thank you both, it seems to be working.