How to Kill Acrobat Reader 64 bit ?

[RakeshDhanewad]

I am unable to kill acrobat 64 bit with "Acrobat" as task name. 

For 32 bit "AcroRd32.exe" or "AcroRd32" is working.

If i am going for 32 bit on 64 bit OS its throwing following error.

ERROR: "System Exception" : Failed to perform step 1 in Navigate Stage 'Activate Application' on page 'CAS_WF_PWD Removal' - Exception during remote setforegroundwindow - System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Access is denied
  at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.OpenProcess(Int32 processId, Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessHandle(Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.OpenProcessHandle(Int32 access)
  at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_Handle()
  at BluePrism.ApplicationManager.Operations.WindowOperationsProvider.ForceForeground(IntPtr windowHandle)

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[ManpreetKaur1]

@RakeshDhanewad ​,

Is your blueprism running as admin?

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[RakeshDhanewad]

Hi @ManpreetKaur1 ,  

No Blue prism is not running as admin.

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[Mukeshh_k]

@RakeshDhanewad : Have you tried killing your 64bit acrobat.exe via "Taskkill" ? Documentation for Taskkill can be found here : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill

Try this & let me know how it goes :

For any specific error resolution around adobe acrobat, you can even post your queries to adobe community:  Acrobat

 

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[RakeshDhanewad]

Hi @Mukesh Kumar Let me try and will keep you updated. Thanks

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[harish.m]

Hi  Rakesh,

 I  had verified on my end as well, it looks like both Kill process and the other option what mukesh(Task Kill) mentioned was not killing the adobe Reader.

So I tried closing (AcroRd32.exe) under Details in Task manager  manually  to understand the behavior. I got pop up some thing like this.
"If an open program is associated with this process, It will close and you will lose any unsaved data. If you end a system process, It might result  in system instability. Are sure you wan to continue."(Below article related this exception)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/odd-warning-from-task-manager-when-trying-to-end/5b38b53f-1588-412e-8573-7679a7d3bde6
 I saw this exception in one of the application  I dont recall  what  I did to work around this issue. But you can try using command line to kill the process i had some success in the past.

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[jsantiago08]

Killing the Acrobat 32-bit or 64-bit process:

To kill the Acrobat 32-bit/64-bit process, you need to identify the correct process name or executable name for the 64-bit version. It's usually "Acrobat.exe" or "AcroRd64.exe" or "AcroRd32.exe". You can verify this by opening Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and checking the "Details" tab for the Adobe Acrobat Reader process. Once you have the correct name, you can use it in Blue Prism to kill the process.

For example, if it's "AcroRd64.exe" or "AcroRd32.exe", you can create an action in the Blue Prism process with the Utility - Environment VBO and use the "Kill Process" action. Set the "ProcessName" input to "AcroRd64" or "AcroRd32" without ".exe".

Works for me.

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[harish.m]

My bad looks like previously i tried using ".exe". Its working  by setting  process name as "AcroRd32"
So its working for me as well.

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