How to find the running console application

Question

I can find if the target app is currently running or not by this code. But I want to also find out the execution path of that application. But I can't see a way to do it. Please tell me how can I find it execution path?

static public bool IsProcessRunning(string name)
{
    foreach (Process clsProcess in Process.GetProcesses()) 
    {
        if (clsProcess.ProcessName.Contains(name))
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

Check out [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5497064/c-how-to-get-the-full-path-of-running-process) thread C#: How to get the full path of running process? — Mallikh, Jan 26 '18 at 17:30

santosh singh · Answer 1 · 2018-01-26T16:53:44.800

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You can use following code snippet.

 var process = Process.GetCurrentProcess(); // Or whatever method you are using
 string fullPath = process.MainModule.FileName;

Update

public string GetProcessPath(string name)
{
    Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(name);

    if (processes.Length > 0)
    {
        return processes[0].MainModule.FileName;
    }
    else
    {
        return string.Empty;
    }
}

edited Jan 26 '18 at 16:53

answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:10

santosh singh

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I'm trying to find out another application's execution path, not the current app's execution path. – masiboo Jan 26 '18 at 16:50
Check the updated answer – santosh singh Jan 26 '18 at 16:53
Unhandled Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: A 32 bit processes cannot access modules of a 64 bit process. – masiboo Jan 27 '18 at 12:33
if your process is unmanaged code, so it cannot return a .NET object as MainModule – santosh singh Jan 27 '18 at 12:35
You can also try to run your application as any cpu – santosh singh Jan 27 '18 at 12:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:10

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You could get the path by.

var executionPath = clsProcess.MainModule.FileName

answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:10

lucky

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Unhandled Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: A 32 bit processes cannot access modules of a 64 bit process. – masiboo Jan 26 '18 at 19:43

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:10

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try the MainModule property

clsProcess.MainModule.FileName

answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:10

Steve

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Unhandled Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: A 32 bit processes cannot access modules of a 64 bit process. – masiboo Jan 26 '18 at 16:47
@masiboo compile it as 64 bit then... – Steve Jan 26 '18 at 16:48

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:12

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You should use ProcessModule.FileName Property:

var runningDir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(process.MainModule.FileName);

answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:12

Ali Bahrami

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I get exceptions as: Unhandled Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: A 32 bit processes cannot access modules of a 64 bit process. – masiboo Jan 26 '18 at 16:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:20

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Process instance and use the MainModule Property to get the location.

Something like this

static public bool IsProcessRunning(string name)
{
   foreach (Process clsProcess in Process.GetProcesses()) 
   {
       if (clsProcess.ProcessName.Contains(name))
          {
            Console.WriteLine(clsProcess.MainModule.FileName);
            return true;
           }
         }
         return false;
}

answered Jan 26 '18 at 15:20

Bhavesh Shah

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Unhandled Exception: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: A 32 bit processes cannot access modules of a 64 bit process. – masiboo Jan 26 '18 at 19:44
check this out. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9501771/how-to-avoid-a-win32-exception-when-accessing-process-mainmodule-filename-in-c – Bhavesh Shah Jan 28 '18 at 09:22

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