kill process/ end process of bluestacks - process

I'm trying to make a program that will open and close bluestacks application. Close means totally exiting the application. Since even if you exit the bluestacks app the process will just restart.
The processes I'm trying kill is:
"HD-BlockDevice.exe"
"HD-Agent.exe"
"HD-LogRotatorService.exe"
"HD-UpdaterService.exe"
When I manually kill the first process, the other process will close except for the 2~3 ones. It's kinda pain to kill four processes every time i close the application so i am creating this one.
Here is my code
Public Class Form1
Dim p() As Process
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Timer_ProcessCheck.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub Timer_ProcessCheck_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer_ProcessCheck.Tick
p = Process.GetProcessesByName("HD-BlockDevice.exe")
If p.Count > 0 Then
' Process is running
'Button_Close.Enabled = True
Else
' Process is not running
'Button_Close.Enabled = False
End If
End Sub
Private Sub Button_Open_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_Open.Click
Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks\HD-StartLauncher.exe")
End Sub
Private Sub Button_Close_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_Close.Click
'p = Process.GetProcessesByName("HD-BlockDevice.exe")
'p.kill()
'p.close()
'While p.Length > 0
'For i As Integer = p.Length - 1 To 0 Step -1
'p(i).CloseMainWindow()
'Next
'p = Process.GetProcessesByName("HD-BlockDevice.exe")
'End While
'Timer_ProcessKill.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub Timer_ProcessKill_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer_ProcessKill.Tick
For Each prog As Process In Process.GetProcesses
If prog.ProcessName = "HD-BlockDevice.exe" Then
prog.Kill()
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class
My problems are:
my process checker wont work (it doesn't enable the close button when the process is already there)
any of the process kill I have look up doesn't work (those are the ones I've made to comment in the code anyways)

well after looking at it on different angle i finally found an idea to kill it via command prompt... and after reading a lot on the net how to do it i finally found an answer to make it work...
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim working_area As Rectangle = SystemInformation.WorkingArea
Dim newW As Integer = working_area.Left + working_area.Width - Me.Width
Dim newH As Integer = working_area.Top + working_area.Height - Me.Height
Me.Location = New Point(newW, newH)
Timer_ProcessCheck.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub Button_Open_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_Open.Click
Process.Start("C:\Program Files (x86)\BlueStacks\HD-StartLauncher.exe")
End Sub
Private Sub Button_Close_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_Close.Click
Timer_ProcessCheck.Stop()
Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c taskkill /IM HD-BlockDevice.exe /f")
Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c taskkill /IM HD-Agent.exe /f")
Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c taskkill /IM HD-LogRotatorService.exe /f")
Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c taskkill /IM HD-UpdaterService.exe /f")
Me.Close()
End Sub
Private Sub Timer_ProcessCheck_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer_ProcessCheck.Tick
Dim oProcess As New Process()
Dim oStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo("tasklist")
oStartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
oStartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
oStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
oProcess.StartInfo = oStartInfo
oProcess.Start()
Dim sOutput As String
Using oStreamReader As System.IO.StreamReader = oProcess.StandardOutput
sOutput = oStreamReader.ReadToEnd()
End Using
If sOutput.Contains("HD-BlockDevice.exe") Then
Button_Close.Enabled = True
Else
Button_Close.Enabled = False
End If
End Sub
End Class

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Is there any way to have ExternalApp behave like it normally does? I hope I'm explained myself a bit clear. Thanks for any help in advance!
Kind regards,
Eric
Public Class Form1
Dim WithEvents P As New Process
Dim SW As System.IO.StreamWriter
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Unload Form1 when embedded cmd process ends

I have found some code which runs a cmd.exe shell interactively in a TextBox; later on I will replace cmd.exe with a different character based application.
Here's the code:
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Dim P As New Process
Dim SW As System.IO.StreamWriter
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Me.Text = "My title"
AddHandler P.OutputDataReceived, AddressOf DisplayOutput
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P.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
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When you enter the exit command, the cmd.exe process terminates.
I like my application to unload Form1 when this occurs, but I don't know how to implement this.
As suggested by Jimi, I added the following line to he Form1_Load sub:
P.EnableRaisingEvents = True
and added:
Private Sub myProcess_Exited(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles P.Exited
Me.Close()
End Sub
This is working; thank you very much Jimi!
Add this above End Sub in your Form1_Load Sub:
p.WaitForExit()
Form1.Close()
Since it looks like you're calling it from Form1 itself, you could also use Me.Close.
If Form1 is the only form and you want the whole application to close, you can use Application.Exit() instead.
Some references:
http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_start_notepad_wait.html
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.form.close?view=windowsdesktop-6.0

detailed scanning of unwanted files

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VB program, looping for iterations and excel writing

I'm writing a program for an internship and need some advice. I've done my research but have mostly returned fruitless... I need to loop the "buttonOneClick for one second iterations. The program will send a "P" character, wait one second, send a p, wait one second, etc... Also I need to write the information it receives to an excel spreadsheet. Any help/critiquing of existing code would be greatly appreciated.
Here's what I have:
Public Class Form2
Dim buttonOnePush As Boolean = False
Dim buttonTwoPush As Boolean = False
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My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort("COM5")
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Dim com5 As IO.Ports.SerialPort = Nothing
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Loop
Catch ex As TimeoutException
returnStr = "Error: Serial Port read timed out."
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End Try
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If IsNumeric(TextBox6.Text) AndAlso IsNumeric(TextBox3.Text) Then
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Very basic VB.Net & Serial IO issue

After searching around I am still having issues with reading data from a serial port in VB.Net/VS2010. I know the Serial Port works, I can write to the port fine but when reading from it, nothing happens. I have only been programming for the last 3 weeks so am still trying to get my head around it all.
The program must run to capture data from a door logger, I will then be outputting the data to a database (not yet implemented - I want to get this part sorted first).
I have tried using several terminal programs as well as another device which outputs data onto the serial line, with nothing displaying in the textbox tbxIn.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Code is below:
Imports System.IO.Ports
Imports System.IO.Ports.SerialPort
Public Class Form1
Dim comPort As IO.Ports.SerialPort = Nothing
Dim sComPort As String = ""
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
GetSerialPortNames()
End Sub
Sub GetSerialPortNames()
' Show all available COM ports.
For Each sp As String In My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames
lstPorts.Items.Add(sp)
Next
End Sub
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sComPort = lstPorts.SelectedItem
Button1.Enabled = True
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Button1.Enabled = False
Button2.Enabled = True
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comPort.ReadTimeout = 500
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PRetty sure this will get you what you need. You DON't need the Serial1 component on the designer. Remove that and use this code:
Private comPort As IO.Ports.SerialPort = Nothing
Private sComPort As String = ""
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
GetSerialPortNames()
End Sub
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' Show all available COM ports.
For Each sp As String In My.Computer.Ports.SerialPortNames
lstPorts.Items.Add(sp)
Next
End Sub
Private Sub lstPorts_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lstPorts.SelectedIndexChanged
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Button1.Enabled = True
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Button1.Enabled = False
Button2.Enabled = True
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comPort = My.Computer.Ports.OpenSerialPort(sComPort, 9600, IO.Ports.Parity.None, 8, 1)
' comPort.DtrEnable = True
'must add handler
AddHandler comPort.DataReceived, AddressOf SerialPort1_DataReceived
comPort.ReadTimeout = 500
Do
comPort.WriteLine("Go")
Dim sIncomming As String = comPort.ReadLine()
tbxIn.Text = sIncomming & vbCrLf
Loop
Catch ex As TimeoutException
tbxIn.Text &= "Error: Serial Port Read Timeout" & vbCrLf
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
comPort.Close()
'remove handler
RemoveHandler comPort.DataReceived, AddressOf SerialPort1_DataReceived
Button1.Enabled = True
Button2.Enabled = False
End Sub
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tbxIn.Text = e.ToString
End Sub