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Hi,
I just created a simple program that checks a process is currently running or not.Which means when i run a program named console1.In this program it shows that the "Console1 is currently running".But,when i closed console1 it showing "console1 is running" instead of "console1 is not running".I applied looping,goto and console.clear() etc...But nothing worked.Following is the code i used.Could you tell how to fix it?

C#

static void Main(string[] args)
{

Process[] myProcesss;
myProcesss = Process.GetProcessesByName("console1.vshost");
if (myProcesss.Length > 0)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
Console.WriteLine("Running");
}
else
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.WriteLine("not running");
}
Console.ReadLine();


}

Thank you

Posted 19-Oct-11 21:41pm

sreenathpktr

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3 solutions

Solution 1

Your question is not clear. However, you check not only on number of fetched process but also for the process itself.

Probably your instance is also fetched, check that

Process currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();

your current process is not inside the retrieved array.

Each process has it's own unique Id. Print them out and print out for all retrieved processes their id and check and post the result.

Cheers

Posted 19-Oct-11 21:53pm

Mario Majčica

Solution 3

Your program tells you that console1.vshost.exe is running when you think it is not. Who is wrong you or the program?

The Processes tab of the Task Manager will tell you if there really is a problem to fix. I think you are going to be suprised!

Alan.

Posted 19-Oct-11 22:13pm

Alan N

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-19T21:55:00

It depends on what you are doing in your loop - you have to get the list of running processes each time round, or it will never change. This is how I do it:

C#

static void Main(string[] args)
    {
    while (true)
        {
        Console.WriteLine(IsRunning("Console2"));
        Thread.Sleep(500);
        }
    }
private static bool IsRunning(string name)
    {
    Process[] processes = Process.GetProcesses();

    foreach (Process p in processes)
        {
        if (p.ProcessName == name)
            {
            return true;
            }
        }
    return false;
    }