Application #60. View Process Information

Viewing process information can be an extremely useful feature for administrative tools and utilities. With the appropriate information, you can better diagnose problematic machine behavior. For example, you can identify how much of your system’s resources a particular application is consuming, such as memory or processor time.

Building Upon...

Application #3: String Manipulation

Application #35: Create an Explorer-Style Application

New Concepts

The Process class in the System.Diagnostics namespace provides a detailed interface for retrieving information about the processes currently running on a machine. The shared GetCurrentProcess, GetProcessByID, and GetProcessByName methods each return a single ...

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