Lab 7: Overview

This lab guides you through the process of terminating a process in Windows using the system call TerminateProcess() and then retrieving the exit code using GetExitCodeProcess().

Lab 7 Resources

• Terminating a Process

• OpenProcess function

• CloseHandle function

• TerminateProcess function

• GetExitCodeProcess function

• Process Security and Access Rights

Goals for Lab 7

During this lab, you will learn how to use:

1. OpenProcess() to get the handle of a running process.

2. TerminateProcess() to terminate a process forcefully.

3. GetExitCodeProcess() to retrieve the exit code of a process

Source & license

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