How to get parent process image file name using win32 function?

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Hi,

I need to get the exact parent process name. I'll explain in detail with below example,

Example:

Parent process name : MyApp

I tried using "GetModuleBaseName" function, but it returns "myapp.exe".

With "GetModuleFileNameEx" function, it returns "(path)/myapp.exe"

With "GetProcessImageFileName" function, it returns "(path)/myapp.exe"

But I need exact process name "MyApp". How to get this?

What I have tried:

Example:

Parent process name : MyApp

I tried using "GetModuleBaseName" function, but it returns "myapp.exe".

With "GetModuleFileNameEx" function, it returns "(path)/myapp.exe"

With "GetProcessImageFileName" function, it returns "(path)/myapp.exe"

Posted 2-Aug-19 0:20am

Piraisudan

Updated 2-Aug-19 4:47am

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Richard MacCutchan 2-Aug-19 7:57am

The values returned from those function calls are the exact process names. I assume that MyApp is a class name in your source code, which has no connection to the name of the process.

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Rick York · Answer 1 · 2019-08-02T04:47:00

Solution 1

You are almost there. Call GetModuleBaseName first. Then call PathFindExtension and that will return a pointer to the ".exe" part. Place a null character at that address and you will be left with MyApp.

Posted 2-Aug-19 4:47am

Rick York

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Piraisudan 8-Aug-19 7:52am

Hi @Rick-York, I tried using GetModuleBaseName and PathFindExtension. But the PathFindExtension function returns the same value that we passed from GetModuleBaseName function. How can I get that exact parent process image file name? What I'm missing in the below example?

Example:

if (GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, NULL, lpBaseName, MAX_PATH))
{
//
}
if (PathFindExtension(lpBaseName))
{
//
}