Detecting a Process is already running in windows using C# .net
How do I detect if a process is already running under the Windows Task Manager? I'd like to get the memory and cpu usage as well.
Simple example...
bool processIsRunning(string process)
{
return (System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(process).Length != 0);
}
Oops... forgot the mem usage, etc...
bool processIsRunning(string process)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process[] processes =
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(process);
foreach (System.Diagnostics.Process proc in processes)
{
Console.WriteLine("Current physical memory : " + proc.WorkingSet64.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Total processor time : " + proc.TotalProcessorTime.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Virtual memory size : " + proc.VirtualMemorySize64.ToString());
}
return (processes.Length != 0);
}
(I'll leave the mechanics of getting the data out of the method to you - it's 17:15 here, and I'm ready to go home. :)
Have you looked into the System.Diagnostics.Process Class.
If you wanted to find out about the IE Processes that are running:
System.Diagnostics.Process[] ieProcs = Process.GetProcessesByName("IEXPLORE");
if (ieProcs.Length > 0)
{
foreach (System.Diagnostics.Process p in ieProcs)
{
String virtualMem = p.VirtualMemorySize64.ToString();
String physicalMem = p.WorkingSet64.ToString();
String cpu = p.TotalProcessorTime.ToString();
}
}
You can use System.Diagnostics.Process Class.
There is a GetProcesses() and a GetProcessesByName() method that will get a list of all the existing processes in an array.
The Process
object has all the information you need to detect if a process is running.
You could use WMI to query something along the lines of
"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = '<your process name here>'"
Especially processor usage is a bit tricky with WMI, though. You are probably better off with System.Diagnostics.Process, as Ian Jacobs suggested.