Check if a specific exe file is running
bool isRunning = Process.GetProcessesByName(“test”) .FirstOrDefault(p => p.MainModule.FileName.StartsWith(@”c:\loc1″)) != default(Process);
process-management
Windows Equivalent of ‘nice’
If you want to set priority when launching a process you could use the built-in START command: START [“title”] [/Dpath] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED] [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL] [/WAIT] [/B] [command/program] [parameters] Use the low through belownormal options to set priority of the launched command/program. Seems … Read more
Tracking CPU and Memory usage per process
Press Win+R, type perfmon and press Enter. When the Performance window is open, click on the + sign to add new counters to the graph. The counters are different aspects of how your PC works and are grouped by similarity into groups called “Performance Object”. For your questions, you can choose the “Process”, “Memory” and … Read more
Prohibit app from being quit via the recent apps list [closed]
No. Apple specifies this behavior is not allowed. It’s notoriously difficult to nail down Apple on it’s interface specification, but based on what it says about handling multitasking events, it seems unlikely that Apple would tolerate dorking with it’s system controls on the subject.