Windows running application list using Java

Question

How to get Windows running application list using Java?I got to get the processlist.

Answer 1

you can search SO for similar answers. one here. See if it fits your needs. Else, there are many solutions on the net as well. search google for them

Answer 2

You can run some command line util from Java for collecting processes information. For example:

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("qprocess");
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));

Then you just read its output and parse it. qprocess is a standard Windows XP utility. In other versions of Windows you probably need some other utility.

Answer 3

I would recommend also using the qprocess utility, then, if you need more info about a process, use wmic.

Example :

String line;
try {
        Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("wmic.exe");
        BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()));
        OutputStreamWriter oStream = new OutputStreamWriter(proc.getOutputStream());
        oStream .write("process where name='explorer.exe'");
        oStream .flush();
        oStream .close();
        while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
            System.out.println(line);
        }
        input.close();
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
        ioe.printStackTrace();
    }

See http://ss64.com/nt/wmic.html or http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc072402/listofsampleusage.asp for some example of what you can get from wmic...