Kill an .exe batch script and PowerShell

Question

I'm trying to make a script in PowerShell which calls a .bat (& .\test.bat) and this .bat needs to execute a .exe (or many), wait a timeout, and kill it (or them).

For this purpose I did (in a loop):

start %1
timeout 5 > nul
taskkill /f /im %1
exit 0

Everything is launched and the timeout is good but the cmd is never closed.

How could I do it?

Tried your code and invoked it as `& .\test.bat calc.exe` - works as expected. — wOxxOm, Aug 30 '16 at 14:16

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 13:20

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You could try use ex: Stop-Process -processname notepad.exe

answered Aug 30 '16 at 13:20

Murilo Beluco

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