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Check if a program is running

Check if a program is running

josh.net	3 Feb, 2009 - 06:33 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 23 Dec, 2008 Posts: 4	I am creating a program that will check if a program is running, by checking its window title (NOT THE FILENAME, ITS WINDOW TITLE) and seeing if it is currently running. So far I was only able to check if the program was running by its filename Function: CODE Public Function ProcessesRunning(ByVal ProcessName As String) As Integer ' Try Return Process.GetProcessesByName(ProcessName).GetUpperBound(0) + 1 Catch Return 0 End Try End Function use it in code (in this case, a timer event): CODE Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick If ProcessesRunning("CCleaner") = 1 Then ' (one instance) 'do stuff Else ' (no instances) End If The code mentioned above only works if you know the filename in this case you would need to use "CCleaner" because thats the filename of ccleaner, but I need to check by its Window Title, which would be "Piriform CCleaner", but if I put that in place of the "CCleaner", it wont work. Any suggestions? This post has been edited by josh.net: 3 Feb, 2009 - 06:38 PM
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josh.net Check if a program is running 3 Feb, 2009 - 06:33 PM

n8wxs Have a look at System.Diagnostics.Process Class ... 3 Feb, 2009 - 08:16 PM

iFail Andy code example please? 2 Sep, 2009 - 01:43 PM

weirddemon Andy code example please? n8wxs, provided enoug... 2 Sep, 2009 - 02:29 PM

iFail [quote="iFail"]Andy code example please... 2 Sep, 2009 - 10:43 PM

chrixko Hey, there is a Process.MainWindowTitle Property.... 2 Sep, 2009 - 10:51 PM

iFail Hey, there is a Process.MainWindowTitle Property... 2 Sep, 2009 - 11:18 PM

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