how to Check whether the application is running or not..?

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kiran - 30 Sep 2005 13:21 GMT

How to check whether the given application is running or not in the current
machine. From, my cshartp program I want check whether the yahoo messenger
process is running ro not..? if the process is running i want to open the
yahoo messenger application through my csharp program.. I tried using Win32
API "ShowWindow" function , but it is not opening or showing hidden
applications. How can I do this..?

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Peter Rilling - 30 Sep 2005 18:07 GMT

How about using something like Process.GetProcessesByName().

> How to check whether the given application is running or not in the
> current machine. From, my cshartp program I want check whether the yahoo
> messenger process is running ro not..? if the process is running i want to
> open the yahoo messenger application through my csharp program.. I tried
> using Win32 API "ShowWindow" function , but it is not opening or showing
> hidden applications. How can I do this..?

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