application name from process name

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Hii..
I want to make and event to get the application name whenever user runs any application.
so far i've found this from
Md. Rashim uddin

C#

public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher mgmtWtch;
 
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            mgmtWtch = new System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher("Select * From Win32_ProcessStartTrace");
            mgmtWtch.EventArrived += new System.Management.EventArrivedEventHandler(mgmtWtch_EventArrived);
            mgmtWtch.Start();
        }
 
        private void mgmtWtch_EventArrived(object sender, System.Management.EventArrivedEventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show((string)e.NewEvent["ProcessName"]);
        }       
    }

this get the process name but i want the application name...
is there is any way to get that from process name..

thanks for your time.

Posted 6-Sep-11 10:55am

XeeShaN AbbAs

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Espen Harlinn · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-06T12:15:00

Here is a C++ project that solves your problem:
Detecting Windows NT/2K process execution[^]

You can either create a C++/CLI project based on the code, or use the DllImportAttribute[^] to access the required native functions from c#

[Update]

C++

#include <cstdio>
#include <windows.h> 
#include <tlhelp32.h> 
 
int main( int, char *[] ) 
{ 
 PROCESSENTRY32 entry; 
 entry.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32); 
 
 HANDLE snapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, NULL); 
 
 if (Process32First(snapshot, &entry) == TRUE) 
 { 
  while (Process32Next(snapshot, &entry) == TRUE) 
  {
   char buffer[512] = {0,};
   DWORD bufferSize = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
   HANDLE hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, entry.th32ProcessID); 
 
   QueryFullProcessImageName(hProcess,PROCESS_NAME_NATIVE,buffer,&bufferSize);
 
   CloseHandle(hProcess); 
  } 
 } 
 
 CloseHandle(snapshot); 
 
 return 0; 
}

The szExeFile member of the PROCESSENTRY32 structure does not always contain the full path.

All of the functions are documented in MSDN Process and Thread Functions[^]

Tool Help Functions[^]

PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutine[^] is exported from NTOSKRNL and only available to drivers - the article refered to above explains how you can get a notification from your driver to a user process whenever a process is started.

Obviously it's easier to follow Mikas example - just use a timer and execute it every 10 seconds or so.

Best regards
Espen Harlinn

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-06T17:51:00

Here is why you have this problem: for an arbitrary Windows application, there is no such concept as "Application name". You cannot learn something which does not exist.

Actually, it's .NET assembly that has some typically used attributes such as assembly name and product name, but none of them is called "application name". Assembly and application are different things. To find assembly attributes, you should load one and use Reflection. The problem is: only some of the processes are .NET applications.

As Mika already explained, there is also a main application window title. It may or may not exist and — trouble again — this is not "application name". No, you cannot learn something which does not exist.

—SA

Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-06T11:19:00

Solution 1

With application name, do you mean the main title of a window. If that's the case and yo ualready know the process, you can use Process.MainWindowTitle Property[^].

If you know only the process id you can use Process.GetProcessById Method[^] to resolve the Process object.

Posted 6-Sep-11 11:19am

Wendelius

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XeeShaN AbbAs 6-Sep-11 17:34pm

i knw the proccess name and i want the application name of corresponding process.
for example for process "chrome.exe" i want the name "Google Chrome". not main title of window...
thanks.

Wendelius 6-Sep-11 17:41pm

Yes, I understood that. GetProcess methods won't launch the application, they find the already running process.

If you're using Visual Studio, it should have "devenv" as process name. In the debugger, try adding the following to the watches and it should bring the text from the title bar from visual studio to your watch window:

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("devenv")[0].MainWindowTitle;

If that doesn't find the process you can try with some other process name you know that is running. The indexer 0 is used because you may have multiple visual studios open and all their process names are devenv. The example takes the first one.

XeeShaN AbbAs 6-Sep-11 17:53pm

thanks for you reply that solve half of my problem but i dont want the main window title i want the application name for example for "devenv" i want "visual Studio 2010"

Wendelius 6-Sep-11 18:12pm

That's a bit more tricky. I think you have two options.

One is that you read the product information from the file:

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("devenv")[0].MainModule.FileVersionInfo.ProductName

or the other is that you take the file name from the MainModule (see previous example) and try to locate the shortcut in the start menu and take the name from the shortcut.

XeeShaN AbbAs 6-Sep-11 18:27pm

thanks thats not specific thats little bit of generic for example for winword it show microsoft office 2010 but this will work for me thanks again...

Wendelius 6-Sep-11 18:29pm

You're welcome

Espen Harlinn 6-Sep-11 19:09pm

Good reply - a 5

Wendelius 7-Sep-11 1:05am

Thanks :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Sep-11 23:52pm

This is good advice, my 5, but -- the essence of the problem is: there is simply no such concept as "application name".
Please see my answer.
--SA

Wendelius 7-Sep-11 1:06am

Thank you :)

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