How to Close Another Application by Windows Caption
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To programmatically close another application, send to the application
a WM_QUIT message. "Window caption" is the caption of the window that
you are sending the message to.

Usage:


if not KillApp('Window caption') then ShowMessage('App not closed') ;

Here's the source code can kill the application by windows caption.

function KillApp(const sCapt: PChar) : boolean;

  var AppHandle:THandle;

begin

  AppHandle:=FindWindow(Nil, sCapt) ;

  Result:=PostMessage(AppHandle, WM_QUIT, 0, 0) ;

end;
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