how to know the user is running other software in VB.net

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I want to write a software that can identify users using any program?
Can not get the handle on top?
is feasible with the language as vb, c #, C + +

Thanks and regard

Posted 2-Sep-13 21:47pm

dev C plus

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Joezer BH 3-Sep-13 3:48am

More details please
what program do you wish to detect?
Do you wish to detect process running for a specific user, any user ?

dev C plus 3-Sep-13 3:55am

what program do you wish to detect?
- The program can know programs like office, any browser, yahoo, skype. Etc.
Do you wish to detect process running for a specific user, any user ?
- specific user, if isn't feasible, so any user with service windows ?
Thanks for your reply

Joezer BH 3-Sep-13 4:32am

See answer below :)

dev C plus 3-Sep-13 4:48am

thanks u very much

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**Joezer BH** · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-02T22:27:00

It is feasible :)

See:
- [CP article] How To Get Process Owner ID and Current User SID[^]
- [SO Q&A] How do I determine the owner of a process in C#?[^]

See also how to check if a process is running:
- [SO Q&A] Check if a specific exe file is running[^]
- [SO Q&A] How can I know if a process is running?[^]

Good luck,
Edo