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Libertytoad
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 Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: List of Processes |
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Hi,
I just started using AHK and it's a great tool for small programs I can develop and write from my USB drive.
Something I'd like to see is the ability to get a list of the running Processes and perhaps the drive/location the process started from (if possible). Perhaps this could be done in a loop structure like the registry and file folder loops.
I have a situation where I want to shut down processes started from my USB drive, but don't want to shut down processes from the PC I am on. Perhaps this is an odd request, but I think others would find a list of processes useful--especially since processes with different PID's can have the same executable names.
Thanks for one of the best free tools I've seen in recent years.
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Titan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject: Re: List of Processes |
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| Libertytoad wrote: | | Something I'd like to see is the ability to get a list of the running Processes and perhaps the drive/location the process started from (if possible). |
shimanov already created a script like this: process list+file names+command lines
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Libertytoad
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| Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Nice. Thanks.
This will do nicely until (fingers crossed) it gets built in to AHK. |
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jordis
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Libertytoad
In a similar manner, I was also looking for a way to identify the open processes/files in my USB stick in order to be able to close them before removing the USB stick.
Titan's suggestion (shimanov's script) is great, but it will only identify *processes* started from the USB drive, but not open files.
For example, if I open an Excel file from my USB drive, shimanov's script (and other tools I tried) will only list that process C:\Program Files\...\EXCEL.EXE is running, but *not* that it is locking a file from the USB drive. If you try to "unplug/eject hardware", it will say that it's not possible (since Excel is still locking the file from the USB drive).
Looking around I found Handle:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Handle.html
This command-line tool will let you know which files are actually open, as well as processes.
Now, in my case, issuing | Code: | | handle -a harddisk1 |
will list the open files/processes in my USB drive.
"harddisk1" may vary from one computer to another (depending on the already-installed drives)
In order to find out which harddisk is mapped to the USB drive, one could create a AHK script that whould issue:
| Code: | | handle -a AHKscriptname |
where AHKscriptname would be the name of the script you're launching (be sure it's launched from the USB drive!)
Then parse the output (so now we would know which harddisk is mapped to our USB drive) and then issue another handle call to list the open processes/files in that harddisk
Finally, the script could parse the opened files, compile a list and tell users that they to close those files to be able to remove their USB stick
I hope you got the idea 
regards
jordi |
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Libertytoad
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject: Thanks |
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Jordi,
Thanks for the good info, I'll give it a try.
Regards,
Tom (aka LibertyToad) |
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BoBo
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | DriveGet
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Retrieves various types of information about the computer's drive(s).
DriveGet, OutputVar, Cmd [, Value]
Cmd:
List [, Type] : Sets OutputVar to be a string of letters, one character for each drive letter in the system. For example: ACDEZ. If Type is omitted, all drive types are retrieved. Otherwise, Type should be one of the following words to retrieve only a specific type of drive: CDROM, REMOVABLE, FIXED, NETWORK, RAMDISK, UNKNOWN. |
That way you should be able to identify the USB-Drive (without to run a script from it in advance) and handover the relevant drive parameter to be "Handled".Good luck.  |
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jordis
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Bobo
thanks for the idea, I didn't know this useful AHK command.
However, I didn't find any option that would tell me the info I need to pass to the Handle command: whether the USB drive is "harddisk1", "harddisk2", etc.
You see, this is an example output I get from Handle.exe.
Command issued: | Code: | | handle -a harddisk1 |
Output: | Code: | Handle v3.11
Copyright (C) 1997-2005 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
System pid: 8 C4: \Device\Harddisk1
PStart.exe pid: 1056 18: \Device\Harddisk1\DP(1)0-0+9\PortableApps
EXCEL.EXE pid: 2288 2E0: \Device\Harddisk1\DP(1)0-0+9\Excel_doc.xls
miranda32.exe pid: 2452 18: \Device\Harddisk1\DP(1)0-0+9\PortableApps\Apps\PortableMiranda\miranda
strokeit.exe pid: 2252 18: \Device\Harddisk1\DP(1)0-0+9\PortableApps\Apps\Strokeit |
So, with the driveget AHK command I could know that the USB drive is H: or I: or J: and so on, but *not* that it is mapped to "Harddisk1"
I believe no AHK command would tell me this info, right?
regards
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evl
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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You could try looking in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum
I think that's where I found the info to detect when my usb headset was plugged in. Maybe it contains enough info to help. |
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