Question

I’m using a System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher to get the process ID and executable path for a started process:

private void startWatcher_EventArrived(Object sender, EventArrivedEventArgs e)
{
    String processID = e.NewEvent.Properties["ProcessID"].Value.ToString();

    var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(new WqlObjectQuery(String.Format("Select ExecutablePath from Win32_Process where ProcessID = {0}", processID)));

    ManagementObject managementObject = null;
    foreach (ManagementObject obj in searcher.Get())
    {
        managementObject = obj;
        break;
    }

    Console.WriteLine(managementObject["ExecutablePath"]);
}

Using this WQL Query:

Select ExecutablePath from
Win32_ProcessStartTrace

Is there a way that I can avoid doing the object search, but still get the ExecutionPath, using what is already available in the EventArrivedEventArgs object?

All I really need is the ProcessID and the ExecuatblePath for each new process that starts up. Is this the simplest way to get that?

Answer 1

No, what you got is as good as it gets. The available properties are listed here…