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SLP
SLP

Reputation: 305

How do I get a list of all open programs

I am using batch on windows 7 and I want to store the list of all open programs in a variable. I have tried tasklist and wmic but the list includes the backend processes.

What I am searching for is the list of all the applications started by the user.

Any idea ?

Thanks, SLP

Upvotes: 1

Views: 839

Answers (1)

Ben Personick
Ben Personick

Reputation: 3264

You can get a close approximation to that tab, but its bot going to be perfect.

Let me start out with a few other options.

Services themselves always run under session 0, even if they are running as a given user.

In case you want the processes and services run by or as the current user you are logged on with:

Tasklist -/FI "USERNAME -eq %Username%" /V

If you just want to exclude services and see all processes (and not services) running as any user logged into the system use this:

Tasklist -/FI "SESSION -gt 0" /V

If you want to see only processes that are not services, and only for the current use you can use:

Tasklist -/FI "USERNAME -eq %Username%" /FI "SESSION -gt 0"  /V

A fairly close approximation of the Application tab:

For a close approximation of the applications tab however we only want windows running as the current user wirh window tirles.

Tasklist -/FI "USERNAME -eq %Username%" /FI "SESSION -gt 0"  /V | FIND /I /V " N/A"

Unfortunately windows without titles can also be running but they should have a blank instead of an N/A, of course it's possible to have a window running wirh N/A as its title too; and some processes not listed in the applications tab can have window titles; further there can be items showing in the Application tab that are modules of a process, such as modal windows like the reminder window on outlook, and other items such as searches in explorer which would just show up n/a.

So this isn't perfect, but often its a close enough approximation.

Upvotes: 2

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