c# Check if process is running and act properly

Question

To check if an application is running and continue or return back to your previous condition this should make your life easier in order not to exit from any of your current processes

 protected override void OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e)
        {
            Process[] pname = Process.GetProcessesByName("ConsoleApplication");
            if (pname.Length == 0)
            {
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("You cannot exit until the process has finished");
                e.Cancel = true;
            }

        }

FormClosingEventArgs has an option to cancel the form closing event. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.canceleventargs.cancel(v=vs.110).aspx — Martijn van Put, Apr 05 '15 at 16:05
So you problem is: How to get a list of processes running in my PC and stop the application from exit if there is a process running with a specific name? [Process.GetProcessesByName](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z3w4xdc9(v=vs.110).aspx) — Steve, Apr 05 '15 at 16:08
The duplicate is correct, but the answer below from [@BrokenGlass](http://stackoverflow.com/users/329769/brokenglass) is even better — Steve, Apr 05 '15 at 16:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '15 at 16:06

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You can check for an active process with that name:

using System.Diagnostics;
//...
bool isRunning = Process.GetProcessesByName("blocker.exe").Any();

But note that you cannot force your executable to be still running - this will only work if the does not force a shut down of your process ("kill"), but properly asks it to shutdown itself ("close").

answered Apr 05 '15 at 16:06

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@newbie your original question (now commented out) contains the logic to handle your new question. What's wrong with if and e.Cancel = true? – Steve Apr 05 '15 at 16:26

c# Check if process is running and act properly

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