How can I get the current running application names using java code ?

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I am in the middle of a task. I want to get the names of the current running application names[which is the same as there in "Applications" tab in the Task Manager] in Windows. I want the code in java. Can anyone please help me ?

Posted 9-Feb-10 19:05pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2010-02-09T23:38:00

I am not sure that Java has a class that will do this for you so you would need to try one of three options:

1. Use the Windows tasklist program to get the list and pipe its output into your Java app.

2. Use the Java Native Access[^] library to interface to the Windows EnumProcesses[^] function to get the details.

3. Write a C++ library to get the details you want (from EnumProcesses) and access it via JNI.