A powershell script that kills a named process after a specified sleep interval.

SleepKill.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    A script which kills a process by name (ex: vlc.exe) after a specified
    delay.
.DESCRIPTION
    SleepKill allows a user to define a delay before killing off a process.

    An example usage is to kill a video program that's playing a playlist for
    someone going to sleep where they may not want it on all night and need
    their computer to remain on for other reasons (say an alarm clock app).
.PARAMETER Duration
    The duration in seconds to wait before killing the process.
.PARAMETER Target
    The target executable name; ex vlc, msedge, etc.
.EXAMPLE
    C:\PS> .\SleepKill.ps1 -target vlc -duration 3600
.NOTES
    Author: David Cheeseman
    Date:   November 21, 2021  
#>

param(
    [int]$Duration,
    [string]$Target
)

if (! $Duration -or ! $Target){
    Write-Host "Duration and target are require parameter."
    Write-Host "Run Get-Help SleepKill.ps1 for more information."
    exit 1
}

Write-Host "Sleeping $Duration seconds and then killing all $Target instances."
Start-Sleep $Duration
Stop-Process -Name $Target -Force -Erroraction 'silentlycontinue'
exit 0