def ecmd(CMD, OUT=False): import ctypes class disable_file_system_redirection: _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection def __enter__(self): self.old_value = ctypes.c_long() self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value)) def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): if self.success: self._revert(self.old_value) from subprocess import PIPE, Popen with disable_file_system_redirection(): OBJ = Popen(CMD, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE) out, err = OBJ.communicate() return out.strip() print ecmd('net stop CLPSLauncherEx') print ecmd('taskkill /im unit_manager.exe /f') print ecmd('taskkill /im unit.exe /f') import os os.remove("C:\ProgramData\comodo\lps4\lps-ca\configuration.cfg") print ecmd('net start CLPSLauncherEx')