Unable to get process title?

[iFrolox]

Hello,

Im messing with processes for a project that Im doing, so if I detect that the specific process Im checking changes the title containing a specific word like "Hello" I will kill the process and start it again.

Im doing this with a timer so every X secs/minutes it checks for the title:

Process[] processPads = Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad");
foreach (Process processes in processPads)
{
    if (!processes.MainWindowTitle.Contains("Untitled"))
    {
        processes.Kill();
        Process.Start("notepad");
    }
}

That's what I have and works and everything but when I click anything on the menu like "File/Edit/Format/View/Help/etc" If I click any of those notepad gets killed and it gets started again, I displayed it before killing it so when I click anything on the menu the mainwindowtitle is empty "", Its there a way to get the form title of that specific process ? Example if I have 5 notepads opened and #3 changes name and doesnt contain "Untitled" I want #3 killed and started again not another notepad getting killed.

[castajiz_2]

I m really curious about this one. I ve tested your code but declared processPads outside the the timer method. By doing that you don t get the problem and you can work with your notepads but you get another error wich is unusual.

[iFrolox]

Thats because when you don't put it inside the timer, it gets the title name before you clicked the menu, Put the "Process[] processPads = Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad");" outside the timer and make a new button and a listView.

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    listView1.Items.Clear();
    foreach (Process processes in processPads)
    {
        listView1.Items.Add(processes.ProcessName + " " + processes.Id);   
    }
}

Open 1 notepad and click the button, it will tell you theres a notepad + its id, if you open a second notepad and you click the button it won't show it because processPads is not being "refresh" or giving new values to it.

I just don't get why the MainWindowTitle changes when you click menus/comboboxes/etc.

[castajiz_2]

The thing is that when you click on any menu the property: MainWindowTitle goes into a empty string.Thats why the "Untitled" is being rejected and the code goes into the if and by that kills the proccess and starts over.

[castajiz_2]

Try this:

 private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            timer1.Start();
        }

        private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            Process[] processPads = Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad");
            foreach (Process processes in processPads)
            {

                if (!(processes.MainWindowTitle.Contains("Untitled") || processes.MainWindowTitle==""))
                {
                    processes.Kill();
                    Process.Start("notepad");
                }
            }
        }

[iFrolox]

Yeah, I was thinking on doing that as a workaround, but I'll try to see if theres something else that can be done.