How to get the process description based on process ID(c#)?

Question

Hi all I have tried in two ways Solution1:- code:- Process proc = Process.GetProcessById(pid); string process_description= proc.MainModule.FileVersionInfo.FileDescription Problem:-when we trying to access the MainModule property for some processes 0(idle) 4(system) or services(Having admin acces rights) (most likely those running under SYSTEM credentials) on which user don't have the permission leads to win32 ACCESS DENIED EXCEPTION. Solution 2:- code :- string process_description=FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(modulePath).FileDescription; Problem :-Unable to get process decription if it was not mention in the properties of exe file or process which have admin rights . For example:if process is google chrome. ImageName:-chrome.exe Description :Google chrome I want to get the description not the Image Name. Can any one share your ideas how to get process description in taskmanager for particular process id.

Vulpes · Answer

AFAICS the Description property shown in Task Manager is only available by calling the GetFileVersionInfo API function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/ms647003(v=vs.85).aspx which is called behind the scenes by .NET's FileVersionInfo class. So the approaches mentioned in your opening post are on the right lines here and the Win32_Process WMI class won't help. This is working fine on my machine: using System; using System.Diagnostics; class Test { static void Main() { FileVersionInfo chromeInfo = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(@C:\Users\Vulpes\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe); Console.WriteLine(chromeInfo.FileDescription); // Google Chrome Console.ReadKey(); } } and so I can only suggest that you give your users the appropriate access rights to avoid the exception. I doubt whether there's any way to circumvent this.

q sw · Answer

'm using WMI query to get a list of all processes but what i missing is process description! It appears like this when i use Description property! Name : chrome.exe Description : chrome.exe but it should be Name : chrome.exe Description : Google Chrome So what's the property name that return process description? public void GetProcesses() { ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(Select * From Win32_Process); ManagementObjectCollection processList = searcher.Get(); foreach (ManagementObject obj in processList) { Console.WriteLine(Name : {0} Description : {1}obj[Name]obj[Description]); } }

padma · Answer

HiBut processName gives the EXE name. iam looking for process description

Sumit Jolly · Answer

process_description.ProcessName can help you