Close a process

[James]

I'm trying to programatically close a process.
I know I can use TerminateProcess(), but I heard it's not a preferred method. I then however came across a method of terminating a process within Windows by using this command via command prompt or the Run dialog:

C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe -f -im explorer.exe

Using the same technique I came up with this code

ShellExecute(NULL, (LPCWSTR)"open", TEXT("C:\\Windows\\System32\\taskkill.exe"), TEXT("-f -im explorer.exe"), NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

It compiles fine, but doesn't close the process. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?