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  1. 0x2a94b5 created this gist Jul 23, 2020.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python3
    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
    #
    # Termainate an application on windows
    #

    from subprocess import run, CalledProcessError

    def taskCheck(name):
    cmd = "tasklist | findstr %s" % name
    try:
    run(cmd, shell=True, check=True)
    except CalledProcessError:
    return False
    return True

    def taskKill(name):
    cmd = "taskkill /F /IM %s /T > nul" % name
    try:
    run(cmd, shell=True, check=True)
    except CalledProcessError:
    return False
    return True

    if __name__ == '__main__':
    name = "edge.exe"
    if taskCheck(name):
    if taskKill(name):
    print("Successfully terminate %s." % name)