Const MAX_PATH& =  260 

Declare Function TerminateProcess _
    Lib "kernel32" (ByVal ApphProcess As Long, _
    ByVal uExitCode As Long) As Long
Declare Function OpenProcess Lib _
    "kernel32" (ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, _
    ByVal blnheritHandle As Long, _
    ByVal dwAppProcessId As Long) As Long
Declare Function ProcessFirst _
    Lib "kernel32" Alias "Process32First" _
    (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, _
    uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long
Declare Function ProcessNext _
    Lib "kernel32" Alias "Process32Next" _
    (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, _
    uProcess As PROCESSENTRY32) As Long
Declare Function CreateToolhelpSnapshot _
    Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateToolhelp32Snapshot" _
    (ByVal lFlags As Long, _
    lProcessID As Long) As Long
Declare Function CloseHandle _
    Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

Private Type LUID
   lowpart As Long
   highpart As Long
End Type

Private Type TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    PrivilegeCount As Long
    LuidUDT As LUID
    Attributes As Long
End Type

Const TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = &H20
Const TOKEN_QUERY = &H8
Const SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = &H2
Const PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS = &H1F0FFF

Private Declare Function GetVersion _
    Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Private Declare Function GetCurrentProcess _
    Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Private Declare Function OpenProcessToken _
    Lib "advapi32" (ByVal ProcessHandle As Long, _
    ByVal DesiredAccess As Long, _
    TokenHandle As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function LookupPrivilegeValue _
    Lib "advapi32" Alias "LookupPrivilegeValueA" _
    (ByVal lpSystemName As String, _
    ByVal lpName As String, _
    lpLuid As LUID) As Long
Private Declare Function AdjustTokenPrivileges _
    Lib "advapi32" (ByVal TokenHandle As Long, _
    ByVal DisableAllPrivileges As Long, _
    NewState As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, _
    ByVal BufferLength As Long, _
    PreviousState As Any, _
    ReturnLength As Any) As Long

Type PROCESSENTRY32
  dwSize As Long
  cntUsage As Long
  th32ProcessID As Long
  th32DefaultHeapID As Long
  th32ModuleID As Long
  cntThreads As Long
  th32ParentProcessID As Long
  pcPriClassBase As Long
  dwFlags As Long
  szexeFile As String * MAX_PATH
End Type
 '--------------------------------------- 


 'Terminate any application and return an exit code to Windows. 
Function KillProcess(ByVal hProcessID As Long, Optional ByVal exitCode As Long) As Boolean
    Dim hToken As Long
    Dim hProcess As Long
    Dim tp As TOKEN_PRIVILEGES
    

    If GetVersion() >=  0  Then

        If OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES Or TOKEN_QUERY, hToken) =  0  Then
            GoTo CleanUp
        End If

        If LookupPrivilegeValue("", "SeDebugPrivilege", tp.LuidUDT) =  0  Then
            GoTo CleanUp
        End If

        tp.PrivilegeCount =  1 
        tp.Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED

        If AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, False, tp,  0 , ByVal  0 &, ByVal  0 &) =  0  Then
            GoTo CleanUp
        End If
    End If

    hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS,  0 , hProcessID)
    If hProcess Then

        KillProcess = (TerminateProcess(hProcess, exitCode) <>  0 )
         ' close the process handle 
        CloseHandle hProcess
    End If
    
    If GetVersion() >=  0  Then
         ' under NT restore original privileges 
        tp.Attributes =  0 
        AdjustTokenPrivileges hToken, False, tp,  0 , ByVal  0 &, ByVal  0 &
        
CleanUp:
        If hToken Then CloseHandle hToken
    End If
    
End Function



KillProcess(uProcess.th32ProcessID,  0 )