Get a list of running applications

@systan

Checking the MainWindowTitle isn't a good idea, it's entirely possible there will be applicatons open with forms that have no title.


@cdebel

If you want to exclude the current process (i.e. you don't want to find yourself), you can just tweak the code slightly:

int myId = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
List<Process> processes = Process.GetProcesses().Where(x => x.Id != myId && x.MainWindowHandle != IntPtr.Zero).ToList();

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Or:

int myId = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
foreach (Process p in Process.GetProcesses())
	if (p.Id != myId && p.MainWindowHandle != IntPtr.Zero)
		Console.WriteLine(p.ProcessName);

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I think it's not a big deal,  depends where to used it; but it's much better and shorter.  Nice simple code.
 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Globalization;

//for Process.GetCurrentProcess
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace WindowsApplication3
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }


    private void getwinlist()
    {
        int myId = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
        foreach (Process p in Process.GetProcesses())
        if (p.Id != myId && p.MainWindowHandle != IntPtr.Zero)
        listBox1.Items.Add(p.ProcessName);  
    }


        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            getwinlist();
        }


    }
}

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systan, that's almost word-for-word the code I just posted (http:#a35132200). ;)

sorry guys i didn't had time to test the solutions, and it's late.  I'll test that tomorrow morning.

thanks

Yes, I told you that it's much better and shorter.  Nice simple code.

ok i've just tried both codes.  They both work.

I'll attribute a bit more points to tgerbert version because i agree with him, an application might not have a window title.  It might be rare, but it's the case (ex: explorer.exe doesn't have any title, but it's important to list it in my case).

Thanks a lot to both of you