Detecting Running Application

[martinc]

I have a VB app and I would like to have a function that detects if a particular process is currently running on the machine. How would I do this?

 

[dsi]

There is a FAQ written for this. You can modify it to search for the specific process.<br><br><A HREF="

http://www.tek-tips.com/faq.cfm?spid=222&page=1&CFID=4890551&CFToken=7217684#61"

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http://www.tek-tips.com/faq.cfm?spid=222&page=1&CFID=4890551&CFToken=7217684#61</A>

 

[martinc]

Yeah, I saw those after, but neither worked the way I needed it to. The first only detects apps and not processes and the second just doesn't work with the Kernel32.dll on my machine (NT4SP6). Anyone else know of any alternatives?

 

[VB400]

<br>I know that there is an API that will enumerate processes that are currently active called &quot;EnumProcesses&quot;.<br><br>Perhaps there is another one that will detect a specific process or maybe you can use the enumeration API and find the one you're after from that list.<br><br>Anyway, food for thought!

 

[martinc]

Patience is a virtue! After searching for proecesses in the MSDN library and slowly scanning the 100s of results returned I found exactly what I needed in:<br><br>HOWTO: List Running Processes<br>ID: Q187913 <br>&nbsp;<br>There is a load of code that I copied and pasted and it just works - now i'm off to find out WHY.<br><br>Thanks for the help.<br><br>