C++: Get name of process executing my application

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My application will be launched by an installer during the installation process, probably using ShellExecute. I would like to get the name of the installer executable when it launches my application.

Can I from my application see a "parent process" somehow? Or can I scan the system for windows with a specific caption and get the name of the .exe owning that window?

This is for MS Windows, and my application is written in C++.

Dupe: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/185254/how-can-a-win32-process-get-the-pid-of-its-parent — Adam Rosenfield, Jun 10 '09 at 21:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '09 at 13:54

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windows does have the concept of parent process.. i donno why would you just claim that ignorantly..

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/threads/ParentPID.aspx

answered Oct 29 '09 at 13:54

Aesqw

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Wrong. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/185254/how-can-a-win32-process-get-the-pid-of-its-parent – Helge Klein Mar 01 '14 at 16:41

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '09 at 21:40

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I don't know how to do that, but I would pass caller name as a parameter to the exe such as --caller ParentName. That way you don't even care if it's windows.

answered Jun 10 '09 at 21:40

Budric

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