strange process Name

[Guest]

I have a strange problem:
in visual C# i have 3 projects using a shared project. When I run these
projects
(either in debug or release mode and either from visual studio or directly
from
a folder) then 2 of them have a different process name (in windows task
manager)
then their filename; their .exe extension is cutted down to .ex or .e while
the third program has the correct name.
There are no differencies in the configuration properties of these projects.

Has anybody had the same problem and knows how to fix this??

thanks, Dave

 

[Dmytro Lapshyn [MVP]]

Hi,

I remember there is a process name length limitation (either in Task Manager
itself or in the system). I remember I saw it on my machine, but now, with
WinXP SP2 and the latest updates, I can't see anything like this. If you try
Process Explorer by SysInternals (it's free as far as I know), do you get
the same results?

 

[Guest]

Hi Dmytro,

thanks for your answer!

the results are the same with SysInternals Process Explorer. But
you may be right, the cutted names have all the same length:

FILENAME PROCESSNAME
Configurator.exe Configurator.ex
Frontend.exe Frontend.exe
GetlistHelper.exe GetlistHelper.e

I'm using Windows 2000 sp4, so you mean it is an limitation of the system?

Best Regards, Dave

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

I'm running a 2K server and all longest process name I have is "System Idle
Process" , the others are small , I suggest you to make a search in the
win2K NGs, or in microsoft.public.* as this is more a OS question than a
..NET question , you will probably find and answer outside .net


cheers,

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I was browsing the web and the win2k newsgroups but couldn't
find anything. But it's almost obvious that there must be a limitation
from the OS. I found another process (vmware-authd.ex) on my
machine which is also cut and they are all cut down to 15 characters.

thanks for your help.

Dave