<# .SYNOPSIS Closes a program .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script closes a program's processes gracefully. .PARAMETER fullProgramName Specifies the full program name .PARAMETER programName Specifies the program name .PARAMETER programAliasName Specifies the program alias name .EXAMPLE PS> ./close-program "Google Chrome" "chrome.exe" .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$fullProgramName = "", [string]$programName = "", [string]$programAliasName = "") try { if ($programName -eq "") { Get-Process | where-object {$_.mainWindowTitle} | format-table Id, Name, mainWindowtitle -AutoSize $programName = Read-Host "Enter the program name" } if ($fullProgramName -eq "") { $fullProgramName = $programName } $processes = Get-Process -name $programName -errorAction 'silentlycontinue' if ($processes.Count -ne 0) { foreach ($process in $processes) { $process.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null } Start-Sleep -milliseconds 100 Stop-Process -name $programName -force -errorAction 'silentlycontinue' } else { $processes = Get-Process -name $programAliasName -errorAction 'silentlycontinue' if ($processes.Count -eq 0) { throw "$fullProgramName isn't running" } foreach ($process in $processes) { $_.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null } Start-Sleep -milliseconds 100 Stop-Process -name $programName -force -errorAction 'silentlycontinue' } if ($($processes.Count) -eq 1) { "✅ $fullProgramName closed." } else { "✅ $fullProgramName closed and $($processes.Count) processes stopped." } exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }