'Process()' cannot be converted to 'Process' error

Question

Dim prok As Process = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer")
SuspendProcess(prok)

  <Flags()>
    Public Enum ThreadAccess As Integer
        TERMINATE = (&H1)
        SUSPEND_RESUME = (&H2)
        GET_CONTEXT = (&H8)
        SET_CONTEXT = (&H10)
        SET_INFORMATION = (&H20)
        QUERY_INFORMATION = (&H40)
        SET_THREAD_TOKEN = (&H80)
        IMPERSONATE = (&H100)
        DIRECT_IMPERSONATION = (&H200)
    End Enum

    Private Declare Function OpenThread Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As ThreadAccess, ByVal bInheritHandle As Boolean, ByVal dwThreadId As UInteger) As IntPtr
    Private Declare Function SuspendThread Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal hThread As IntPtr) As UInteger
    Private Declare Function ResumeThread Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal hThread As IntPtr) As UInteger
    Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal hHandle As IntPtr) As Boolean

    Private Sub SuspendProcess(ByVal process As System.Diagnostics.Process)
        For Each t As ProcessThread In process.Threads
            Dim th As IntPtr

            th = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.SUSPEND_RESUME, False, t.Id)
            If th <> IntPtr.Zero Then
                SuspendThread(th)
                CloseHandle(th)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub ResumeProcess(ByVal process As System.Diagnostics.Process)
        For Each t As ProcessThread In process.Threads
            Dim th As IntPtr

            th = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.SUSPEND_RESUME, False, t.Id)
            If th <> IntPtr.Zero Then
                ResumeThread(th)
                CloseHandle(th)
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

The error code is BC30311

Thank You.

Answer 1

Hi @Noiss ,
According to the example in the documentation Process.GetProcessesByName Method, The return value type of Process.GetProcessesByName is Process(), not Process.
So try the following code.

Dim prok As Process() = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer")  

Hope this could be helpful.
Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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Answer 2

To get the first "explorer" process, try 'Dim prok As Process = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer")(0)'. Although, it is not clear why
it must be suspended.