How to kill all remote browser process from Selenium?

Question

I need to close all open browser processes on the remote machine before running a Selenium test against it.

I used this line of code:

[SetUp]
public void SetUp(){
    Process [] proc Process.GetProcessesByName("chromedriver.exe");
   proc[0].Kill();
}

But it works when I am running locally on my computer and not on the remote computer.
Could anyone explain how I could get it to work on a remote machine?

Answer 1

Killing a remote browser is something beyond the scope of selenium.

I have currently setup scheduled batch file which will run every 15 minutes and close any browser open.

My batchfile content to kill Firefox browser.

taskkill /im program.exe

Also, if you are using linux, you can access remote computer via SSH and close any open browser.

Hope that helps!