Kill Process with RunCOmmand or PSRM questions

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Hello,
I have been having problems with razer synapse3 dropping out or losing functionality of a device. Ending the process then restarting does the trick but it is cumbersome to do when playing.

I am hoping to use taskkill but if there is a better command, I'd appreciate any help.

So far I have been trying to do it right on the command line, but I am having no real progress.

TASKKILL /F /FI "USERNAME eq NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /IM Razer Synapse 3.exe

That doesn't work, but killing the process forcefully seems fastest since I am just exiting all apps with the tray icon, so that seems the logical choice - or not... I am not really clear on the syntax at all.

Any and all help is appreciated. ALso how would the command look like in RunCOmmand or PSRM?

Thanks for any help.

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OOH OOh ooh.

I just think I got it.

Any help is still welcome. I just took a moment to track through the flags, and got results that code I pasted before was a kludge attempt. But now I am suddenly getting it. (funny haha, not funny strange)

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Ok. New part of the same question:

How do I start a process? I have been having trouble with the Start-Process command.

Any help or recommendations are continually appreciated as I tromp through this new thing.

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Ok. I'll try and pace myself.
I am trying these, but with no results. Likely really obvious once pointed out.

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[RunRzSy3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program="C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Synapse3\WPFUI\Framework\Razer Synapse 3 Host\Razer Synapse 3.exe"
Parameter=
State=Hide
OutputType=ANSI

[KillRzSy3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=Razer Synapse 3
Parameter=taskkill /F /T /IM "Razer Synapse 3.exe"
State=Hide
OutputType=ANSI

Not really clear but I am just tinkering around. Hopefully between breaks, someone might dive in.

Thasnks,
CC

EDIT: I suddenly realised that I might screw things up really bad, so I'll just hold the line for now since I really am in the dark.

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Ok. I'll try and pace myself.
I am trying these, but with no results. Likely really obvious once pointed out.

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[RunRzSy3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program="C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Synapse3\WPFUI\Framework\Razer Synapse 3 Host\Razer Synapse 3.exe"
Parameter=
State=Hide
OutputType=ANSI

[KillRzSy3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=Razer Synapse 3
Parameter=taskkill /F /T /IM "Razer Synapse 3.exe"
State=Hide
OutputType=ANSI

Not really clear but I am just tinkering around. Hopefully between breaks, someone might dive in.

Thasnks,
CC

EDIT: I suddenly realised that I might screw things up really bad, so I'll just hold the line for now since I really am in the dark.

Does this work to you?

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Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=taskkill.exe
OutputType=ANSI
Parameter=/F /IM calculator.exe

Also, if your program "Razer Synapse 3.exe" is running with admin rights, you will probably need to kill it as admin too. Just something to keep in mind if Rainmeter is not running as admin. You can do it this way:

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Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell
Parameter=Start-Process -FilePath "taskkill" -ArgumentList "/IM calculator.exe" -verb RunAs

-verb RunAs elevates the command to the admin level.

There is some other extra note about this powershell command here: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=4194&start=30#p194729

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Hmm.
Neither of those seem to work.
I tried these variations:

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[KillRzSy3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell
Parameter=Start-Process -FilePath "taskkill" -ArgumentList "/IM Razer Synapse 3.exe" -verb RunAs

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[KillRzSy3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=taskkill.exe
OutputType=ANSI
Parameter=/F /IM Razer Synapse 3.exe

What am I doing wrong?
This works but direct from the commandline:
taskkill /F /T /IM "Razer Synapse 3.exe"
But not like this at all:

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[KillRzSy3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell
Parameter=taskkill /F /T /IM "Razer Synapse 3.exe"

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You should be extra cautious with process names that have spaces, like yours "Razer Synapse etc.exe". I simply forget about these rare cases when developers include spaces in their executables' names.

Firstly, try above codes with some exe file which has no spaces. Like notepad.exe or calc.exe.
Then, see what works and what does not.

This should work:

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[Close]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Parameter=taskkill /F /IM "Your Program.exe"
OutputType=ANSI

And Yincognito's PowerShell command also works for me:

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[Close]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell
Parameter=Start-Process taskkill -windowstyle Hidden -verb RunAs '/F /FI \"IMAGENAME eq Razor Synapse Etc.exe\"'
OutputType=ANSI

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OMG!
I was doing something wrong, but not in the RunCommand. It was in the execution.

I was incorrectly doing this, even though I definitely know better: ""[!CommandMeasure KillRzSy3 Run]"". WHere it should rightly be withou the double double-quotes!

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So, yes.
It is working now.
And the start process is simply the path to and including the [bla].exe

Thanks AC

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Ok, I should explain myself, i think.

The RunCommand measure is actually kept in an inc file due to the nature and design of the skin i am working on here.

That is why the double double-quotes were even being used. Just in my case the default for the variables is set up to use those double double-quotes, to either handle a path or other linked information so that the end user can easily change the link or path to the function they might prefer.

I just forgot to get rid of them for the RunCommand to work, such as it is the [ and ] are needed for that ability in the inc file so that the extra 'ability' measure/s are easily utilised in a location the end user can keep track. The ini code is really really, just really..., lol.