how to compare between process memory size?

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Hello,

I would like to find the process with the largest memory size, how can i compare between the memory size of a process list?

Thanks

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Jonathas Sucupira15y ago
This should work.

var processList = Process.GetProcesses()
.Where(p => p.ProcessName.Contains(txtSearch.text))
.FirstOrDefault();

if (processList != null)
{
Console.Write(processList.MainModule.FileName);
}

Console.Read();
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Vulpes15y ago
A bit more about the system and idle processes.

According to a book I have on Windows Internals, they are not user-mode processes and don't have an exe file which is why they don't have any modules.
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Vulpes15y ago
According to the documentation for the Process.Modules property (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.modules.aspx) , the system process and the idle process do not have modules and so you will get a Win32Exception if you try to access them. There are also some other exceptions that may arise.

To avoid one of these bringing down the application, you'll need to catch the exception and inform the user about it:

Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName(txtSearch.Text);

if(procs.Length > 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("The process '" + txtSearch.Text + "' was found");
try
{
txtPath.Text = procs[0].MainModule.FileName;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
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s15y ago
baisically yes but i'm getting an exaption : "Unable to enumerate the process modules"
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Vulpes15y ago
Do you mean something like this:

Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName(txtSearch.Text);

if(procs.Length > 0)
{
MessageBox.Show("The process '" + txtSearch.Text + "' was found");
txtPath.Text = procs[0].MainModule.FileName;
}
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s15y ago
I woult try to explain it better

say i search for the process "System". my function return a message that the process was found.
I would like that after showing that msg the path of this specific process will be shown on a text box
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Jonathas Sucupira15y ago
You could probably use something like this.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
string name = GetProcess();

txtProcessName.Text = name;
}

private static string GetProcess()
{
var processList = Process.GetProcesses()
.OrderByDescending(p => p.WorkingSet64)
.First();

return processList.MainModule.FileName;
}
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s15y ago
Hello,

I would like to ask another Q:

I have a function that search for processes and pop up a msg if she found the specific process. how can i show the path of the process on textBox?

Thanks.
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s15y ago
thanks!
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Jonathas Sucupira15y ago
Another example would be.

class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var processList = Process.GetProcesses()
.OrderByDescending(p => p.WorkingSet64)
.First();

Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", processList.ProcessName, processList.WorkingSet64);
Console.Read();
}
}

I would like to note that this is not actually comparing, it is just printing the information of the process that is using the most memory at the time.

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Vulpes15y ago
Try this:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Process[] procs = Process.GetProcesses();
long maxMemory = 0L;
string name = null;

foreach(Process p in procs)
{
if(p.WorkingSet64 > maxMemory)
{
maxMemory = p.WorkingSet64;
name = p.ProcessName;
}
}

Console.WriteLine("The process using the most memory is {0}, using {1} bytes", name, maxMemory);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
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