#1099: look for ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED instead of using pid_is_running()

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/psutil/_psutil_windows.c b/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
index b8912bbb..90ef2d44 100644
--- a/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
+++ b/psutil/_psutil_windows.c
@@ -344,12 +344,9 @@ psutil_proc_kill(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     // kill the process
     if (! TerminateProcess(hProcess, 0)) {
         err = GetLastError();
-        CloseHandle(hProcess);
         // See: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues/1099
-        if (psutil_pid_is_running(pid) == 0) {
-            Py_RETURN_NONE;
-        }
-        else {
+        if (err != ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
+            CloseHandle(hProcess);
             PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr(err);
             return NULL;
         }