How to get the process description based on process ID(c#)?

padma

12y7.3k.NET

Hi all,
I have tried in two ways
Solution1:-
code:- Process proc = Process.GetProcessById(pid);
string process_description= proc.MainModule.FileVersionInfo.FileDescription
Problem:-when we trying to access the MainModule property for some processes 0(idle), 4(system) or services(Having admin acces rights)
(most likely those running under SYSTEM credentials) on which user don't have the permission leads to win32 ACCESS DENIED EXCEPTION.
Solution 2:-
code :- string process_description=FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(modulePath).FileDescription;
Problem :-Unable to get process decription if it was not mention in the properties of exe file or process which have admin rights .
For example:if process is google chrome.
ImageName:-chrome.exe Description :Google chrome
I want to get the description not the Image Name.
Can any one share your ideas how to get process description in taskmanager for particular process id.

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Vulpes12y ago
AFAICS the Description property shown in Task Manager is only available by calling the GetFileVersionInfo API function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/ms647003(v=vs.85).aspx

which is called behind the scenes by .NET's FileVersionInfo class.

So the approaches mentioned in your opening post are on the right lines here and the Win32_Process WMI class won't help.

This is working fine on my machine:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

class Test
{
static void Main()
{
FileVersionInfo chromeInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(@"C:\Users\Vulpes\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe");
Console.WriteLine(chromeInfo.FileDescription); // Google Chrome
Console.ReadKey();
}
}

and so I can only suggest that you give your users the appropriate access rights to avoid the exception. I doubt whether there's any way to circumvent this.

q sw12y ago

'm using WMI query to get a list of all processes, but what i missing is process description! It appears like this when i use "Description" property!

Name : chrome.exe            Description : chrome.exe

but it should be

Name : chrome.exe            Description : Google Chrome

So what's the property name that return process description?

public void GetProcesses() {       ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From Win32_Process");      ManagementObjectCollection processList = searcher.Get();      foreach (ManagementObject obj in processList)      {          Console.WriteLine("Name : {0}     Description : {1}",obj["Name"],obj["Description"]);      } }

padma12y ago
Hi,But processName gives the EXE name. iam looking for process description
Guest User12y ago
process_description.ProcessName can help you