I use the pskill utility to kill several processess during my install. However, it doesn't seem to work on internet explorer. Several programs open up html pages during install. One of my programs won't install if internet explorer windows or open so my install stops and I have to close all the windows myself for setup to continue. How can I automattically kill all the internet explorer windows. I tried using pskill on iexplorer.exe, but it didn't work.

I use the pskill utility to kill several processess during my install.  However, it doesn't seem to work on internet explorer.  Several programs open up html pages during install.  One of my programs won't install if internet explorer windows or open so my install stops and I have to close all the windows myself for setup to continue.  How can I automattically kill all the internet explorer windows.  I tried using pskill on iexplorer.exe, but it didn't work.

If there's no installation to supress the pages from opening, use AutoIt to write a script to close the window for you.

Maybe this would work, you'll have to execute it right afterward's

Kill_IE.vbs

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'IEXPLORE.EXE'")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
    objProcess.Terminate()
Next

EDIT: Unlike Greenmachine's exe he added this kill's all IE window's. Nice for those stupid site's also where they pop window after window.

Edited May 25, 200422 yr by maxXPsoft

Me, I like the simple answer: run the attached file once for each window to close. This file is part of the IE Administrators Kit.

(For fun, select "Open" instead of save, but beware of virii!)

closeie.exe

you can add this command after the process which opens the IE window

or before the process which stop if the IE window is opened

taskkill.exe /F /IM iexplore.exe

I hope that helpful

so it would be like this then?

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Shockwave 10" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\install\Updates\shockwave10 /s" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 2 /D "taskkill.exe /F /IM iexplore.exe" /f

hi,

please post your pskill-line as it works for IEXPLORE.EXE in my UXPCD.

cya

Killer Bee

I believe you are trying to close iexplorer.exe when it is iexplore.exe

I believe you are trying to close iexplorer.exe when it is iexplore.exe

I'd say the same.