Checking to see if other programs are running

[Aberf]

How can I check to see if other programs are running. I want to check to see if a program called "gear" is running, how would I do that?

[coolbiz]

Well if you search through this forum you'll be able to find a lot samples on finding windows that have the same title. This is achieve via FindWindow() API function. Anyway, look at this thread:
http://www.codeguru.com/cgi-bin/bbs/wt/showpost.pl?Board=vb&Number=51006&page=&view=&sb=

It might help :)
-Cool Bizs