in reply to Detecting hung conditions in win32

I'd suggest looking at Win32::Process::Info. Start the process and use W::P::I to monitor it's process utilisation . If it fails to change over a period of a few seconds, it is either waiting for input or is hung. Your program logic should allow you to distinguish the difference.

See Re: Win32: Multiple processes with the same name and Re^3: Win32: Multiple processes with the same name for some sample code.

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