How to get running application name in c#?

Reflection is the best way to find out product name,company name version like information.

public static string ProductName
{
 get
 {
  AssemblyProductAttribute myProduct =
                                           (AssemblyProductAttribute)AssemblyProductAttribute.GetCustomAttribute(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(),
                   typeof(AssemblyProductAttribute));
              return myProduct.Product;
  }
}

the simplest way i know is to use automation:

private void LoadApplicationNames()
{
    // the current desktop
    AutomationElement rootElement = AutomationElement.RootElement;
    var childs = AUW.Getchildrens(rootElement);

    foreach (AutomationElement elemnt in childs)
    {
        string name = elemnt.Current.Name;
        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
        {
            var listboxitem = new ListBoxItem();
            listboxitem.Content = name;
            // save the AutomationId in the tag
            listboxitem.Tag = elemnt.Current.AutomationId;
            listBox1.Items.Add(listboxitem);
        }
    }

 
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves all children under AutomationElement
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parent">The list element.</param>
/// <returns>all childrens </returns>
        public AutomationElementCollection Getchildrens(AutomationElement parent)
        {
            Condition findCondition = new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.IsControlElementProperty, true);
            AutomationElementCollection childrens = parent.FindAll(TreeScope.Children, findCondition);
            return childrens;
        }

}

Try This

IEnumerable<Process> processList =
    from p in Process.GetProcesses()
    orderby p.WorkingSet64 descending
    select p;

Try this

//To get Product name - not necessarily the same as the executeable
            string appName = Application.ProductName;
            MessageBox.Show(appName);
            //To find the name of the executable
            appName = Path.GetFileName(Application.ExecutablePath);
            MessageBox.Show(appName);

Hope this helps

Process[] RunningProcess=Process.GetProcesses();
List<string> ProcessNames= new List<string>();
foreach(Process EachProcess in RunningProcess)
{
    ProcessNames.Add(EachProcess.ProcessName);
}</string></string>

Hope this will help you.

String thismodulefilenamestr =
System.IO.Path.GetFileName(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName);

foreach (Process p in Process.GetProcesses())
            {
                string procFile;
                try
                {
                    procFile = p.Modules[0].FileName;
                }
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    procFile = "n/a";
                }
                Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Process {0}: {1}", p.ProcessName, procFile));
                
            }
            Console.ReadLine();

also u can try............

static void Main(string[] args)
{
var myID = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
var query = string.Format("SELECT ParentProcessId FROM Win32_Process");// WHERE ProcessId = {0}", myID);
var search = new ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2", query);
var results = search.Get().GetEnumerator();
if (!results.MoveNext())
throw new Exception("Huh?");
var queryObj = results.Current;
uint parentId = (uint)queryObj["ParentProcessId"];
var parent = Process.GetProcesses(); //.GetProcessById((int)parentId);
foreach(Process proc in parent){
Console.WriteLine("I was started by {0}", proc);}
Console.ReadLine();
}

also u want the application name that run in application tab of task manager in c#
foreach (Process p in Process.GetProcesses())
{
if (p.MainWindowTitle.Length > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine(p.MainWindowTitle.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(p.ProcessName.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(p.MainWindowHandle.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(p.PrivateMemorySize64.ToString());
}
}
Console.ReadLine();

Hi,

I recently used the following code to get the application name.

Check the code once.

public bool IsProcessOpen(string applicationName)
        {
            foreach (Process clsProcess in Process.GetProcesses())
            {
                
                if (clsProcess.ProcessName.Contains(applicationName))
                {
                    //if the process is found to be running then we
                    //return a true
                    return true;
                }
            }
            //otherwise we return a false
            return false;
        }

Thanks

Try it works

foreach (Process process in Process.GetProcesses())
{
string sWindow = process.MainWindowTitle; //returns window text appearing
//on apps form caption
}


//sandeep