baseModules/PPoShTools/1.0.0/Public/Utils/Stop-ProcessForcefully.ps1
function Stop-ProcessForcefully { <# .SYNOPSIS Kills process forcefully along with its children. .EXAMPLE Stop-ProcessForcefully -Process $process #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([void])] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidUsingWMICmdlet', '')] param( # Process object. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [object] $Process, # Time to wait for process before killing it. [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [int] $KillTimeoutInSeconds ) $childProcesses = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process -Filter "ParentProcessID=$($Process.Id)" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ProcessID try { if ($childProcesses) { Write-Log -Info "Killing child processes: $childProcesses" Stop-Process -Id $childProcesses -Force } else { Write-Log -Info "No child processes for pid $($Process.Id)" } Write-Log -Info "Killing process $($Process.Id)" $Process.Kill() } catch { Write-Log -Warn "Kill method thrown exception: $_ - waiting for exit." } if (!$Process.WaitForExit($KillTimeoutInSeconds * 1000)) { throw "Cannot kill process (pid $($Process.Id)) - still running after $($KillTimeoutInSeconds * 1000 * 2) s" } Write-Log -Info "Process $($Process.Id) killed along with its children." } |