Changing my ProcessName?

17 Jan 2006 10:33 PM

gregory_may

I have several instances (Around 20) of a .Net application running on a
server. In task manager they all show as something like
"MyApplication.exe".

I would like to make the filemanager name show something like "MyApplication
Instance1", Is this possible? Right now if one process starts acting funny,
its impossible to tell what instance is a problem (Because they all look the
same in Task Manager).

I tried using the "ProcessName" method, and its "ReadOnly":
Process.GetProcessesByName("MyApplication")(0).ProcessName =
"MyApplication Instance1"

Any ideas?

17 Jan 2006 10:27 PM

Mattias Sjögren

>I would like to make the filemanager name show something like "MyApplication
>Instance1", Is this possible?

No

>Right now if one process starts acting funny,
>its impossible to tell what instance is a problem (Because they all look the
>same in Task Manager).

They should all have a unique process ID (PID), just make sure you
show that column in Task Manager and it should be a lot easier to tell
them apart. You can compare it to the Process.Id property.

Mattias

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