#!/snap/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./close-program.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION closes the processes of the given program gracefully .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param([string]$ProgramName = "", [string]$FullProgramName = "") try { if ($ProgramName -eq "") { get-process | where-object {$_.mainWindowTitle} | format-table Id, Name, mainWindowtitle -AutoSize $ProgramName = read-host "Enter program name" } if ($FullProgramName -eq "") { $FullProgramName = $ProgramName } $Processes = get-process -name $ProgramName -errorAction 'silentlycontinue' foreach ($Process in $Processes) { $_.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null } start-sleep -milliseconds 100 stop-process -name $ProgramName -force -errorAction 'silentlycontinue' $ProcessCount = $Processes.Count if ($ProcessCount -eq 0) { throw "$FullProgramName is not started yet" } write-output "OK - $FullProgramName with $ProcessCount process(es) has been closed." exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }