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Im working on a Dll Injector. But that is not my problem. I am using a picturebox to display the icon of a running process.
E.g. If google chrome is running. The picturebox should display the icon of google chrome.

I can extract the icon to my picturebox only if I know the full path of the process. That API was easily found and works very well.

But know I want my application to get the full path of a running process automatically as soon as I order it.

Like in a textbox is write: chrome.exe, and press the button next to it. What do I need to write in the button to get the full path of that running process.(of course only if its running, I if its not running I dont want anything to happned)

Thanks in Advance.
May 8 '10 #1
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You could use the Modules Property of the process class. Then the FileName would give you the path to the process. Here's an example

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  1. Private Sub button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
  2.     For Each p As Process In Process.GetProcesses()
  3.         Dim file As String
  4.         Try
  5.             file = p.Modules(0).FileName
  6.         Catch ex As Win32Exception
  7.             file = "n/a"
  8.         End Try
  9.         Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Process {0}: {1}", p.ProcessName, file))
  10.     Next
  11. End Sub
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