Closing a Running Program Based With a Specified Path Topic is solved

[Alexander2]

I have multiple copies of a portable program which are stored in different directories. When I launch these copies, multiple instances of the program are launched. They have identic .exe files and the same window titles. Therefore, in order to interact with a specific program among them, AutoHotkey needs to know the path to its .exe file, in order to differentiate it from the rest of the copies with the same window titles. What commands can be used to ascertain whether a program with a specified path is running, and if so, to close it?

[safetycar]

Link: ahk_exe.
It allows full paths.

[mikeyww]

That is interesting about the full path.

Example is below.

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WinClose, ahk_exe %A_WinDir%\System32\notepad.exe

[Alexander2]

That is interesting about the full path.

Example is below.

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WinClose, ahk_exe %A_WinDir%\System32\notepad.exe

Thank you. This makes it possible to interact with programs with different paths but the same title and file names.