>>sending a KillProcess via WinAPI is usually faster and less prone to such behaviour...
>have you got an example.
>
>I may try putting a clear events before the read events in the application.

AFAIR it was 3 steps

id  = GetCurrentProcessID()
hd = Get_Handle_to_Process_From_ID(magic,id,?) && don't remember name and parameters, had some magic number...
= TerminateProcess(hd, 0)