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Finding the executable path of a running process

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pigeonrandle - 02 Jan 2007 21:05 GMT
Hi,
Can anyone shed any light on how i can get the path of a task/process
that is running if i have a handle to its top-level window? Please!

I don't know where to start...

HYCH,
James.
William DePalo [MVP VC++] - 02 Jan 2007 23:16 GMT
> Can anyone shed any light on how i can get the path of a task/process
> that is running if i have a handle to its top-level window? Please!

On XP and 2K+3

   GetWindowThreadProcessId() will map a window handle to a process
identifier.

   OpenProcess() will map a process id to a process handle.

   GetProcessImageFileName() will map the handle to the path.

On any platform:

   GetWindowThreadProcessId() yields a process id as above

   CreateToolhelp32Snapshot() gets a list of processes

   Process32First() and Process32Next() walks the list - you want the one
whose id matches.

Don't forget to clean up - close whatever handles you open.

Also note that the data you get can go stale - that is the window can be
closed or the process can exit as you are gathering the data.

Regards,
Will
Mattias Sjögren - 03 Jan 2007 06:37 GMT
>Can anyone shed any light on how i can get the path of a task/process
>that is running if i have a handle to its top-level window? Please!

There's also the GetWindowModuleFileName API.

Mattias

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