Hi ! With W2K or WXP :
tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq exename.exe" And, with Python, how capture this information : def findPID(exename): import os a = os.popen4('tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq '+exename+'"') a[0].flush() try: info=a[1].readlines()[3].split() except: info=[exename,"NotFound"] return (info[0],info[1]) soft,pid=findPID("pythonw.exe") print soft,' --> ',pid @-salutations Michel Claveau -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list