Track started applications in Windows

Question

We\'re trying to put together kiosk solution where we can charge people by hour for applications they use. As such, we need a way to figure out when an application is started, w

Answer 1

If you're talking about applications you wrote yourself, just log DateTime.Now on either side of the Application.Run() method:

static void Main() 
{   
    DateTime StartTime = DateTime.Now;
    Application.Run(new frmBilling());
    DateTime EndTime = DateTime.Now;

    //Log information to DB for billing
}