Since this is Windows, you can use WMI to start,monitor, and kill the process. 
use strict;
use Win32::OLE qw( in );
use Win32::OLE::Variant;


usage if @ARGV < 2;

if( my $Pid = RemoteExec( @ARGV ) ) {
    print "Process created with PID $Pid\n";
} else {
    print "Process not created\n";
}

exit;

#####################################################################
sub RemoteExec {
    my $Machine = shift;
    my $CommandLine = join " ", @_;
    my($CLASS, $WMI, $Process, $vPid);

    $Machine =~ s|^[\\/]+||;    
    $CLASS = "WinMgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//$Machine";
    
    print "Trying to launch @_ on $Machine\n\n";
    
    $WMI = Win32::OLE->GetObject( $CLASS ) 
        or die "Unable to connect to \\\\$Machine :" . Win32::OLE->Las
+tError();
    
    $Process = $WMI->Get( "Win32_Process" )
        or die "Unable to get a Win32_Process :" . Win32::OLE->LastErr
+or();
    
    $vPid = Variant( VT_I4 | VT_BYREF, 0 );        # $vPid (out) PID o
+f the created Process
    
    if( 0 == $Process->Create( $CommandLine, undef, undef, $vPid ) ) {
        return $vPid;
    } else {
        return undef;
    }
}





#####################################################################
sub usage {
my($ScriptName) = $0 =~ m/.*\\(.*)$/;

print<<"USAGE";
    Usage : $ScriptName [\\\\]COMPUTERNAME CommandLine Parameters
    
            example :$ScriptName COMPUTER1 NOTEPAD C:\\FooBar.txt
USAGE
exit;
}

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Original node (89593)

To kill the process use kill($Pid);

In reply to Re: How can I close a Windows program called from a my Perl script? by bcarroll
in thread How can I close a Windows program called from a my Perl script? by danren924

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