VB.NET: How to list all running process in Windows

On my Computer Monitoring Tool blog post, I already explained how to retrieve windows processes but in C#. On this post, I will show you how to list current running windows process using VB.NET. The code will use of System.Diagnostics namespace to explore the Process class which will give us the access to information of running processes.


Of course, What we need first is to include the most important namespace.

Imports System.Diagnostics

Now to show the list of all running process in windows, use the following codes.

        Dim psList() As Process
        Try
            psList = Process.GetProcesses()

            For Each p As Process In psList
                Console.WriteLine(p.Id.ToString() + " " + p.ProcessName)
            Next p

        Catch ex As Exception
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        End Try
        Console.ReadKey()

The result should look like this.



You can download the complete sample Visual Studio 2008 project here.

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