Getting the command line switches for processes.

[Frank Rizzo]

I am looping through the array of processes returned by
Process.GetProcesses(). How do I get the command line parameters that
each of the processes was started with? Kind of like in the
SysInternals' Process Explorer?

I've tried Process.StartInfo.Arguments property but it is always empty.

Thanks.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

|I am looping through the array of processes returned by
| Process.GetProcesses(). How do I get the command line parameters that
| each of the processes was started with? Kind of like in the
| SysInternals' Process Explorer?
|
| I've tried Process.StartInfo.Arguments property but it is always empty.
|
| Thanks.

Using System.Management and WMI, here is a sample:

SelectQuery selectQuery = new SelectQuery("select * from
Win32_Process");
using(ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new
ManagementObjectSearcher(selectQuery))
{
foreach(ManagementObject process in searcher.Get())
{
string commandLine = process.Properties["CommandLine"].Value;
Console.WriteLine(commandLine);
}
}

Note that you need administaror privileges to get the process properties of
all running processes!

Willy.