How to get the name of current application in C#

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I want to get the name of current application that it's running on windows.

For example, if i work with i.e, this function give "Internet explorer" or if i work with Google chrome, give Chrome...

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName

or maybe

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()

or if you mean that you want the name of the active window then you should look at;

How do I get the title of the current active window using c#?

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answered Apr 17 '13 at 02:10

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Do you mean you want the name of the currently active window? If so see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115868/how-do-i-get-the-title-of-the-current-active-window-using-c – madbrendon Apr 17 '13 at 02:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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You can use Assembly.FullName

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().FullName;

Please also take a look at this question:

How do I get the name of the current executable in C#?

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answered Apr 17 '13 at 02:24

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 07:15

Try this, If you have used GetWindowThreadProcessId.

public String GetActiveFileNameTitle()
    {
        IntPtr hWnd = GetForegroundWindow();
        uint procId = 0;
        GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, out procId);
        var proc = Process.GetProcessById((int)procId);
        if (proc != null)
        {
           return proc.MainModule.FileVersionInfo.ProductName;
        }

    }

How to get the name of current application in C#

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