<#

.SYNOPSIS

close-program.ps1 [<full-program-name>] [<program-name>] [<program-alias-name>]

.DESCRIPTION

Closes the processes of the given program gracefully.

.EXAMPLE

PS> .\close-program.ps1 "Google Chrome" "chrome.exe"

.NOTES

Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0

.LINK

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

#>

param([string]$FullProgramName = "", [string]$ProgramName = "", [string]$ProgramAliasName = "")

try {

if ($ProgramName -eq "") {

get-process | where-object {$_.mainWindowTitle} | format-table Id, Name, mainWindowtitle -AutoSize

$ProgramName = read-host "Enter program name"

}

if ($FullProgramName -eq "") {

$FullProgramName = $ProgramName

}

$Processes = get-process -name $ProgramName -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'

if ($Processes.Count -ne 0) {

foreach ($Process in $Processes) {

$Process.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null

}

start-sleep -milliseconds 100

stop-process -name $ProgramName -force -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'

} else {

$Processes = get-process -name $ProgramAliasName -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'

if ($Processes.Count -eq 0) {

throw "$FullProgramName is not started yet"

}

foreach ($Process in $Processes) {

$_.CloseMainWindow() | Out-Null

}

start-sleep -milliseconds 100

stop-process -name $ProgramName -force -errorAction 'silentlycontinue'

}

"✔️ closed $FullProgramName, stopped $($Processes.Count) process(es)"

exit 0

} catch {

write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"

exit 1

}