Is it possible to get own process name?

Question

I want to replace cMyProcessName (in my example) programatic, i dont want to use a sting constant !

This is the code:

private const string cMyProcessName = "MyProcessName";

if (GetProcessCount(cMyProcessName) > 1)
{
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000); //Give it some time (if just restarted)
    //**************************************************************//
    if (GetProcessCount(cMyProcessName) > 1)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("MyProcessName is already running. Exiting.", "", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        return;
    }
    //**************************************************************//
}

public static int GetProcessCount(string processName)
{
    Process[] ps = Process.GetProcessesByName(processName);

    return ps.Length;
}

possible duplicate of [prevent a c# application from running more than one instance](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3545240/prevent-a-c-sharp-application-from-running-more-than-one-instance) — Steve B, Dec 08 '11 at 08:38

aleroot · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-08T14:37:31.677

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Try with this :

Process p = Process.GetCurrentProcess();    
string cMyProcessName = p.ProcessName;

edited Dec 08 '11 at 14:37

answered Dec 08 '11 at 08:34

aleroot

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did you try this code? can you really assign that to a const? – Davide Piras Dec 08 '11 at 08:36
Not possible... you can't have a const dynamically assigned (or it's no more a const) – Steve B Dec 08 '11 at 08:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 08 '11 at 08:34

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Process.GetCurrentProcess Method is what you need :

string processName = Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName;

answered Dec 08 '11 at 08:34

Steve B

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 08 '11 at 08:35

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you can probably simplify your code very much by using:

Process currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();

see here: Process.GetCurrentProcess Method

answered Dec 08 '11 at 08:35

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Is it possible to get own process name?

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