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pls help me!!!

how would i know if a certain process exist?

for example, i want to know if xxxxxx.exe is running.....
Jul 21 '07 #1
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bartonc
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pls help me!!!

how would i know if a certain process exist?

for example, i want to know if xxxxxx.exe is running.....
That's just what the WMI package is for. You'll need to know some WMI stuff. Here is a link to the WMI Reference.
Jul 21 '07 #2
Motoma
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Perhaps a simpler approach would be to download ps.exe from Microsoft's website, call that with os.system() and parse the output.
Jul 23 '07 #3

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