Get the list of running processes shown in taskbar

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How can I get the processes shown in taskbar because the way of getting the list from taskmanager is not suitable for my task.

Thanks in advance,

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1366321/how-to-get-the-process-names-of-applications-in-taskbar-using-c — Jason Evans, Oct 23 '13 at 09:14
what you are trying to achieve.to get back only the name of the process or to control like start stop process — Rezoan, Oct 23 '13 at 09:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 09:14

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Have a look at the Windows API CodePack.
Please provide mor details for your exact needs.

answered Oct 23 '13 at 09:14

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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Retrieve a complete processes list using C#

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/programming/get-a-list-of-running-processes-in-c/

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answered Oct 23 '13 at 09:16

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

How I would do this is get a list of all of the processes and check each one to see if it has a title. If it does then it must be in the task bar. Something like this should be what you are after. Good luck :)

Process[] allProcesses = Process.GetProcesses();
foreach (Process workingProcess in allProcesses)
{
    if (workingProcess.MainWindowTitle.Length > 0)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(workingProcess.MainWindowTitle);
    }
}

UPDATE: I knew I had looked this up before and read it somewhere but couldn't remember where. Thanks Jason Evans for the link.

How to get the process names of applications in taskbar using c#?

It doesn't work with unnamed windows (have an empty title). – Beyondo Oct 23 '19 at 22:25 — Beyondo, Oct 23 '19 at 22:25

Get the list of running processes shown in taskbar

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