Kill Process from task manager

I did a project in vb.net, 3.5 framework using Visual Studio 2008.My Question is regarding killing the process from task manager. Whenever I am exiting my application by the Close button ('X') or an Exit button (P.S here 'Exit' is a button in the windows application) the process exists in the task manager and I had to remove it manually. I don't want to do that. The name of the process is iMaxAutotech.exe. I have used this code under form_closing event and in the exit button but it's not working ..grrh!!!

Under Exit Button :

Private Sub Exit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        Dim mresult As MsgBoxResult
        mresult = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to exit?", MsgBoxStyle.YesNo)
        If mresult = MsgBoxResult.Yes Then
            Me.Close()
        End If
        Dim plist As Process() = Process.GetProcesses()
        For Each p As Process In plist
            Try
                If p.MainModule.ModuleName.ToUpper() = "iMaxAutotech.exe" Then p.Kill()
            Catch
                'seems listing modules for some processes fails, so better ignore any exceptions here
            End Try
        Next p
    End Sub

and in the Form Closing Event :

Private Sub Form3_FormClosing(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing
        Dim plist As Process() = Process.GetProcesses()
        For Each p As Process In plist
            Try
                If p.MainModule.ModuleName.ToUpper() = "iMaxAutotech.exe" Then p.Kill()
            Catch
                'seems listing modules for some processes fails, so better ignore any exceptions here
            End Try
        Next p
    End Sub

I want the vb.net code for that,can any1 help me plz plz.It's very urgent ...Thanks in advance

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Arka Bhattacharjee16y ago
after I had made my exe file i am running my application and now suppose i closed it, bt the process is still running in the task manager.I want to know how to code in the solution so that I can stop this process after I close the form by 'X' button in the title bar
Sam Hobbs16y ago
Don't use Kill to exit your application. That is a bad thing to do; the Process.Kill Method documentation says "should be used only when necessary". It is not necessary to use Kill to close a form or to exit normally from an application.

You don't tell us what you have done to exit the application normally. Is that what you need help with? If this is a single-form application, then just call Close() to close the window and exit the application. That is all you need to do.