how to list all the active processes in Windows?

[hoihtah]

i'm trying to get all the list of actively running processes.
for example, if you get into task manager...
i can see it under processes.
it lists image names and so on.

but how can i capture that info?
into a string?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Valhalla1]

start-> run-> "cmd"

c:\> tasklist



note - this works on my Windows XP workstation.. just tried it from this Win2k box at work and it didnt seem to work *edit* but that -could- be because I'm not logged in as admin, but not sure

 

[trmiv]

If you want to put that information into a text file, type this:

tasklist > C:\task.txt


where C is the drive you want the text file to be, and task.txt is the name. The above command will output all the active tasks into a text file named text.txt saved in the root of C:.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Remember that active tasks does not equal processes.

 

[hoihtah]

thanx guys
you guys are the best.

at work...
i tried on my nt4 workstation.
and it didn't work.
i'm guessing that it might be that whole "admin" login thing.

i'll try this at home with admin login.
thanx again.

 

[Valhalla1]

I researched further and I dont think you can do it on pre-windows XP.. but there is a similar functionality in windows 2000 resource kit. I made a post at arstechnica a couple weeks ago in the "nt/2k " forum about this very question, and there is more info there. if you cant find it PM me