GetProcesses Method

.NET Components for Mobility

Creates a new Process component for each process resource on the local computer.

Declaration Syntax

C#	Visual Basic

public static Process[] GetProcesses()

Public Shared Function GetProcesses As Process()

Return Value

An array of type Process that represents all the process resources running on the local computer.

Remarks

Use this method to create an array of new Process components and associate them with all the process resources on the local computer. The process resources must already exist on the local computer, because GetProcesses()()()() does not create system resources but rather associates resources with application-generated Process components. Because the operating system itself is running background processes, this array is never empty.

The name of the process can be retrieved from Process.StartInfo.FileName or by using the GetProcessName(Process) extension method.