XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   R.Wieser  wrote:   
   > Frank,   
   >   
   > >  Long shot: Have you tried to see if there is any difference in   
   > > WordPad behaviour between doing a 'taskkill /f ...' and doing a   
   > > taskkill without /f?   
   >   
   > As a matter of fact, I did.   It didn't make a difference - likely because   
   > taskkill first tries to ask nicely, and only if that doesn't work applies   
   > force.   
      
     It would be nice to know what taskkill actually does, instead of us   
   having to guess.   
      
   > And as wordpad most likely responds to being asked nicely the "force" method   
   > is never used.   
      
     Yep.   
      
   > > $WISHFUL THINKING MODE ON   
   > >   
   > >  Perhaps without /f, WordPad will do the desired thing and re-read   
   > > the file.   
   >   
   > Whooo!  Yes, thats quite the long shot. :-)   
      
     Well, it's not such a long shot, for the reasons I gave (and you   
   snipped). If other operating systems can do it, there's no reason   
   Windows can't do it. But it's all moot/theoretical.   
      
   > But alas, when I tried that I didn't see that happen.   
      
     To be expected, but worth the try (you already did).   
      
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