Analyse running processes !

[anon_66514907]

Hi there !

I m writing this subject as a quote to respect the original author of the subject located on : answers.unity3d.com. I m dealing with the same stuff and I m looking for a solution for the exception thrown by some processes !

The function that you would normally use to determine if an external application is running is:

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(“ProgramName”)

This compiles, but throws an exception. I am guessing that it is some issue with windows7 security. If you get all of the processes and look at each one individually you would see some processes, but other would throw exceptions if you try to list their names.

The same code works properly when compiled by visual studio c#.

This is a test harness that will show you what i am talking about. Notice that not all of the processes are listed. Some processes that are even launched by you under your own account will generate an execption:

    using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class test: MonoBehaviour {

    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
        try
        {
            foreach (Process p  in  Process.GetProcesses())
            {
                try
                {
                    print(p.ToString());
                }catch(System.Exception e)
                {
                    print("Mini exception when trying to list the name " + e);
                }
            }
        }catch(System.Exception e)
        {
            print("Exception caught "  + e);
        }
    }
}

the author says he thinks the problem is related to windows7 security, but since its running correctly when compiled by visual studio c# ! I think the problem is somewhere else ! Any suggestions or solutions ?

[anon_66514907]

this could help for some cheat detection (known programs)

[Dreamora]

Stuff compiled by VC likely have the required security update appleid (look if the windows UAC shield is over the app icon). what this does is admin elevate the app.

With Unity you can do this too but you need to do it manually using the mt.exe tool that comes with VS 2008 (2010 seems to be missing it, unsure how you would do it there) through command line. I’m using it in my installer creation process for anything that has a local cache for example

[anon_66514907]

Thank you for answering, I ll chek it out and let you know