Hello. Using a perl script to search for process names and PIDs on Windows 2000. My problem is that unless a Java developer specifically creates a unique process name like "MyProcess" it simply shows up in the Task Manager Processes tab as "java.exe".

However, in the Applications tab you can see distinctions such as the name of the batch file like "MyProcess.bat" which would be enough for me to know which process to terminate.

Using the code below I've found all of the processes that show up in the Processes tab, but I cannot seem to find out if WMI can also obtain the information shown in the TM Applications tab. Any ideas? I'm slogging through the MSDN info on WMI, but haven't spotted it yet.

Thanks in advance. 
$Machine = '';
$Machine =~ s{^[\\/]{2,}}{};

my $CLASS = 'WinMgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//' . $Machine;

my $WMI = Win32::OLE->GetObject($CLASS) or die Win32::OLE->LastError()
+;

foreach my $proc (in $WMI->InstancesOf('Win32_Process')){
  print "$proc->{'Name'}" . " | " . "$proc->{'ProcessId'}\n";
  $where = index($searchString, $proc->{'Name'});
  if ($where > -1) {
    UpdateLogFile("$searchString running");
    last;
  }
}

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In reply to Getting Windows App Info with Perl by rdwaters

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