Is there a System event when processes are created?

Question

Is there any event when a new process is created. I\'m writing a c# application that checks for certain processes, but I don\'t want to write an infinite loop to iterate throug

Answer 1

WMI gives you a means to listen for process creation (and about a million other things). See my answer here.

 void WaitForProcess()
{
    ManagementEventWatcher startWatch = new ManagementEventWatcher(
      new WqlEventQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_ProcessStartTrace"));
    startWatch.EventArrived
                        += new EventArrivedEventHandler(startWatch_EventArrived);
    startWatch.Start();
}

static void startWatch_EventArrived(object sender, EventArrivedEventArgs e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Process started: {0}"
                      , e.NewEvent.Properties["ProcessName"].Value);
    if (this is the process I'm interested in)
    {
             startWatch.Stop();
    }
}