How do you determine the owner of a process

[Ken Soenen]

I can get all the processes on the local machine using "GetProcess es". Now I
need to know the owner of each of these processes. If the Windows Task
Manager could talk, I would ask it.!!
Any help would be appreciated. I still haven't mastered the finer points(if
there are any) of finding something in VB.NET help. Sometimes it takes me
days to find even something simple.

thanks,
ken

[Scott Swigart]

RE: How do you determine the owner of a process

GetProcesses unfortunately doesn't return that piece of information. Here's
a link to another post that shows how:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp/browse_thread/thread/71ca5def3013974a/2a6272a9b7ecd77b?lnk=st&q=user+is+using+which+process+wmi+coad&rnum=1#2a6272a9b7ecd77b

Here's the code translated to VB.NET

Imports System.Manageme nt

Module Module1

Class Sample_SelectQu ery

Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim selectQuery As SelectQuery = New SelectQuery("Wi n32_Process")
Dim searcher As ManagementObjec tSearcher = New
ManagementObjec tSearcher(selec tQuery)
For Each proc As ManagementObjec t In searcher.Get
Console.WriteLi ne(proc("Name") .ToString)
Dim s(1) As String
proc.InvokeMeth od("GetOwner", CType(s, Object()))
Console.WriteLi ne(("User: " & (s(1) + ("\\" + s(0)))))
Next
Console.ReadLin e()
End Sub
End Class
End Module


HTH

"Ken Soenen" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I can get all the processes on the local machine using "GetProcess es". Now I
> need to know the owner of each of these processes. If the Windows Task
> Manager could talk, I would ask it.!!
> Any help would be appreciated. I still haven't mastered the finer points(if
> there are any) of finding something in VB.NET help. Sometimes it takes me
> days to find even something simple.
>
> thanks,
> ken
>
>
>[/color]

[Ken Soenen]

Re: How do you determine the owner of a process

Scott,
Thanks for the help. For some reason or other it's choking on the
"Imports System.Manageme nt" statement. It says: " Namespace or type
'Management' for the Imports 'System.Managem ent' cannot be found." And I
guess since this can't be found, the rest of the program falls apart. Any
ideas??

ken


"Scott Swigart" <scott@swigartc onsulting.com> wrote in message
news:952C9F7D-A07C-4DEF-9D52-438237BE5AFB@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> GetProcesses unfortunately doesn't return that piece of information.
> Here's
> a link to another post that shows how:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...6272a9b7ecd77b
>
> Here's the code translated to VB.NET
>
> Imports System.Manageme nt
>
> Module Module1
>
> Class Sample_SelectQu ery
>
> Public Shared Sub Main()
> Dim selectQuery As SelectQuery = New
> SelectQuery("Wi n32_Process")
> Dim searcher As ManagementObjec tSearcher = New
> ManagementObjec tSearcher(selec tQuery)
> For Each proc As ManagementObjec t In searcher.Get
> Console.WriteLi ne(proc("Name") .ToString)
> Dim s(1) As String
> proc.InvokeMeth od("GetOwner", CType(s, Object()))
> Console.WriteLi ne(("User: " & (s(1) + ("\\" + s(0)))))
> Next
> Console.ReadLin e()
> End Sub
> End Class
> End Module
>
>
> HTH
>
> "Ken Soenen" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I can get all the processes on the local machine using "GetProcess es".
>> Now I
>> need to know the owner of each of these processes. If the Windows Task
>> Manager could talk, I would ask it.!!
>> Any help would be appreciated. I still haven't mastered the finer
>> points(if
>> there are any) of finding something in VB.NET help. Sometimes it takes
>> me
>> days to find even something simple.
>>
>> thanks,
>> ken
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

[Scott Swigart]

Re: How do you determine the owner of a process

Sorry. You have to go into the Project | Add reference menu, and add a
reference to the System.Manageme nt dll.

Scott Swigart - MVP

"Ken Soenen" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Scott,
> Thanks for the help. For some reason or other it's choking on the
> "Imports System.Manageme nt" statement. It says: " Namespace or type
> 'Management' for the Imports 'System.Managem ent' cannot be found." And I
> guess since this can't be found, the rest of the program falls apart. Any
> ideas??
>
> ken
>
>
> "Scott Swigart" <scott@swigartc onsulting.com> wrote in message
> news:952C9F7D-A07C-4DEF-9D52-438237BE5AFB@mi crosoft.com...[color=green]
> > GetProcesses unfortunately doesn't return that piece of information.
> > Here's
> > a link to another post that shows how:
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/micro...6272a9b7ecd77b
> >
> > Here's the code translated to VB.NET
> >
> > Imports System.Manageme nt
> >
> > Module Module1
> >
> > Class Sample_SelectQu ery
> >
> > Public Shared Sub Main()
> > Dim selectQuery As SelectQuery = New
> > SelectQuery("Wi n32_Process")
> > Dim searcher As ManagementObjec tSearcher = New
> > ManagementObjec tSearcher(selec tQuery)
> > For Each proc As ManagementObjec t In searcher.Get
> > Console.WriteLi ne(proc("Name") .ToString)
> > Dim s(1) As String
> > proc.InvokeMeth od("GetOwner", CType(s, Object()))
> > Console.WriteLi ne(("User: " & (s(1) + ("\\" + s(0)))))
> > Next
> > Console.ReadLin e()
> > End Sub
> > End Class
> > End Module
> >
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > "Ken Soenen" wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> I can get all the processes on the local machine using "GetProcess es".
> >> Now I
> >> need to know the owner of each of these processes. If the Windows Task
> >> Manager could talk, I would ask it.!!
> >> Any help would be appreciated. I still haven't mastered the finer
> >> points(if
> >> there are any) of finding something in VB.NET help. Sometimes it takes
> >> me
> >> days to find even something simple.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> ken
> >>
> >>
> >>[/color][/color]
>
>
>[/color]

[Ken Soenen]

Re: How do you determine the owner of a process

Thanks. I probably should have known that. It works like a charm!!!!

ken

"Scott Swigart" <scott@swigartc onsulting.com> wrote in message
news:03B49C88-9DC1-485E-A94A-2D27E8D7729C@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> Sorry. You have to go into the Project | Add reference menu, and add a
> reference to the System.Manageme nt dll.
>
> Scott Swigart - MVP
>
> "Ken Soenen" wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Scott,
>> Thanks for the help. For some reason or other it's choking on the
>> "Imports System.Manageme nt" statement. It says: " Namespace or type
>> 'Management' for the Imports 'System.Managem ent' cannot be found." And I
>> guess since this can't be found, the rest of the program falls apart. Any
>> ideas??
>>
>> ken
>>
>>
>> "Scott Swigart" <scott@swigartc onsulting.com> wrote in message
>> news:952C9F7D-A07C-4DEF-9D52-438237BE5AFB@mi crosoft.com...[color=darkred]
>> > GetProcesses unfortunately doesn't return that piece of information.
>> > Here's
>> > a link to another post that shows how:
>> >
>> > http://groups.google.com/group/micro...6272a9b7ecd77b
>> >
>> > Here's the code translated to VB.NET
>> >
>> > Imports System.Manageme nt
>> >
>> > Module Module1
>> >
>> > Class Sample_SelectQu ery
>> >
>> > Public Shared Sub Main()
>> > Dim selectQuery As SelectQuery = New
>> > SelectQuery("Wi n32_Process")
>> > Dim searcher As ManagementObjec tSearcher = New
>> > ManagementObjec tSearcher(selec tQuery)
>> > For Each proc As ManagementObjec t In searcher.Get
>> > Console.WriteLi ne(proc("Name") .ToString)
>> > Dim s(1) As String
>> > proc.InvokeMeth od("GetOwner", CType(s, Object()))
>> > Console.WriteLi ne(("User: " & (s(1) + ("\\" + s(0)))))
>> > Next
>> > Console.ReadLin e()
>> > End Sub
>> > End Class
>> > End Module
>> >
>> >
>> > HTH
>> >
>> > "Ken Soenen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I can get all the processes on the local machine using "GetProcess es".
>> >> Now I
>> >> need to know the owner of each of these processes. If the Windows Task
>> >> Manager could talk, I would ask it.!!
>> >> Any help would be appreciated. I still haven't mastered the finer
>> >> points(if
>> >> there are any) of finding something in VB.NET help. Sometimes it
>> >> takes
>> >> me
>> >> days to find even something simple.
>> >>
>> >> thanks,
>> >> ken
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>[/color]
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]