Enumerate Running Processes With X-Treme Details Using WMI :D

[RobDog888]

I figured this out in order to answer a thread on how to use WMI. Its quite simple once you know
where to look.


Description:
This example shows how to enumerate the running processes, like shown in the Task Manager, with complete details
about each process

There are 3 formats for the details. The "TextFormat.Mof" is the most readable. It resembles C# whereas the
other two - "TextFormat.CimDtd20" & "TextFormat.WmiDtd20" give an HTML style listing.

You can parse out the properties that most pertain to your needs but this gives you everything that you could possibly
want (I hope ).


Requirements:
Add a reference to System.Management

Tested on:
VB.NET 2003


Enjoy

Option Explicit On 
Option Strict On
'Add a reference to System.Management
 
Imports System.Management
 
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
 
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
    End Sub
 
    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
 
    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'Button1
        '
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(172, 80)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(92, 23)
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.Button1.Text = "Enumerate Me"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 126)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Running Processes Using WMI"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)
    End Sub
#End Region
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim search As New ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_process")
        Dim info As ManagementObject
        For Each info In search.Get()
            MessageBox.Show(info.GetText(TextFormat.Mof).ToString, "Running Processes Information", _
            MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
        Next
    End Sub
End Class

[moeur]

Excellent