Re: Get Windows Task-Names?!

From: Purl Gurl (purlgurl_at_purlgurl.net)
Date: 11/02/03 

Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 19:24:58 -0800

Kasper Dziurdz wrote:
 
> Purl Gurl wrote:

(snipped)

> > Kasper, your use of tasklist has rattled my memory
> > of tlist which will be added to my Perl site as an
> > effective method to list all running processes
> > using Win32 DOS system access.
 
> Here is the complete code I wrote:
 

I would like to read a sample of your raw output from tasklist.
Your code suggests WinXP tasklist returns are quite different
than traditional tlist returns:

-1076805 KERNEL32.DLL
-12189 MSGSRV32.EXE work window name HighCriteria TotalRecorder Mrqx1FQGyj4c1kycrB
-15405 MPREXE.EXE
-252601 VSMON.EXE OleMainThreadWndName
-244229 mmtask.tsk
-185801 EXPLORER.EXE Program Manager
-134805 SYSTRAY.EXE Power Meter
-1952597 ZONEALARM.EXE ZoneAlarm
-134561 WMIEXE.EXE
-2054857 DDHELP.EXE DDHelpWndClass
-1856473 NETSCAPE.EXE NSPR:EventReceiver
-168661 WINOA386.MOD
-1686185 TLIST.EXE TLIST

As you can see some returns will not have a window title
being background support services, and some returns provide
a window name quite different from the actual program name
and different from the actual window name.

It is of interest Explorer returns a classic Win3.x
"Program Manager" name. System Tray is labeled as
"Power Meter" although this meter is not running.
Zone Alarm and Tlist are the only true correct
returns for this sample.

Most of the programs listed at the Microsoft ftp site
are not included on OEM CD installation disks. I have
downloaded all and am researching what they do.

Also of interest, a question which appears here infrequently
is how to kill a process under Win32. This kill.exe listed
at that ftp site is specifically designed for killing off
Windows tasks via DOS, which is highly adaptable to Perl.
Usual caution would apply of a process no longer running
when a kill pid command is executed, or a new process
is running under a previously used pid number.

Clearly many of these programs not available on OEM disks
will make for superior replacements for Perl modules which
often do not perform as claimed.

Purl Gurl 

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