From 0bc345be0bd6a61a6f3b5657057a07ca4f9622b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giampaolo Rodola <g.rodola@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 17:34:22 +0200
Subject: #1099: look for ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED instead of using pid_is_running()

---
 psutil/_psutil_windows.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file 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;
         }
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