Killing a process...

I have one that refuses to die.

1) close window (result: white ghost window)
2) end program in task manager (/ignore)
3) end process in task manager (/ignore)
4) end process tree in task manager (/ignore)
5) kill process in process explorer (/ignore)
6) kill process in pskill (/ignore)

what to do?

This program (foobar2000) interfaces with an audio device driver.

Console, Winforms, WPF...?

neither

http://www.foobar2000.org/

In task manager, the default view is to show windows, and when you click "close" it just sends a WM_CLOSE to that window which can be ignored.

Instead, right click on the window that is dead and click "go to process". Then kill the process that it shows and it should die. You might need to elevate to kill admin apps, but this should work

@exoteric: It's probably getting stuck somewhere in the device driver, a killed process won't actually die if a thread is currently executing in kernel mode (because that could introduce severe system instability).

@evildictaitor: Please read my post again I don't start killing processes, it's a last resort, which is what the progressive and increasingly adventurous attempts show.

@AndyC: That's what I suspected as well. Where is that Terminator when you need it?

55 minutes ago, exoteric wrote

@evildictaitor: Please read my post again I don't start killing processes, it's a last resort, which is what the progressive and increasingly adventurous attempts show.

@AndyC: That's what I suspected as well. Where is that Terminator when you need it?

just as lon g as i do not find them working with Cyberdyne or bringing SkyNet on line i guess it's ok

LOL 

7 hours ago, exoteric wrote

@evildictaitor: Please read my post again I don't start killing processes, it's a last resort, which is what the progressive and increasingly adventurous attempts show.

@AndyC: That's what I suspected as well. Where is that Terminator when you need it?

If it's getting stuck in a device driver the best thing to do is reboot.

Try cycling the "Windows Audio" service.