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in thread Win32::Process::Create fails when i use ">" to redirect the screen output to a file

its working when i use "cmd.exe" and provide " too.exe -h" as commandline but the problem is when i want to kill it its killing cmd.exe....but actully i wanted to kill tool.exe

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Re^4: Win32::Process::Create fails when i use ">" to redirect the screen output to a file
by james2vegas (Chaplain) on Aug 29, 2012 at 07:20 UTC
    Which is the same problem in the other thread which is unsolved. Perhaps use Win32::Process::List to get the process id to kill and then do Win32::Process::Open on that PID, and kill it that way.
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