hide my process

Hi all,

I want some idea...how should i prevent my VB application to be killed from the task manager.

I want my application always running....and if it is killed from task manager...Another instance of this application automatically executes.

Cam you Please help me...or Can you please tell me if any event is fired when application's exe is killed from task manager.

I have tried this with QueryUnload and Unload event...but it do not work.

Please provide me some solution for the problem.

Thanks in advance,

Ruhii.

If you want, your app should run all the time then make it Windows Service.

What kind of program are you making? If the user can't kill it, then what if it messes up? Then what? Reboot?


Use a Windows Server, and only allow one app in Terminal Server mode, and they'll get logged off if they kill the app.

To add to what Shaikh.Riyaz.a said...

You will have to make a service that is run as administrator. Search Google. It will return many results on how to make a service in Visual Basic 6.

Or maybe have proper rights set-up on the system for the users. After all Network administrators know how to do this, they should be able to help you out.

can u please suggest me some other solution except making it a service?? Because of some reason i cannot make my application a service.. Can u please tell me what event is fired when an application's exe is killed from task manager so that i can restart my application at that event.

Thanx
Ruhii

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Originally Posted by dglienna

What kind of program are you making? If the user can't kill it, then what if it messes up? Then what? Reboot?


Use a Windows Server, and only allow one app in Terminal Server mode, and they'll get logged off if they kill the app.

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Not sounding good

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Originally Posted by Ruhii

Can u please tell me what event is fired when an application's exe is killed from task manager so that i can restart my application at that event.

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Um...if your application is killed, what other application are you going to use to tell that it isn't running??? :confused: There isn't an event fired...it's the absence of an event because it isn't running.

Creating a service truly is the only pure solution to this problem.

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Originally Posted by Ruhii

can u please suggest me some other solution except making it a service?? Because of some reason i cannot make my application a service.. Can u please tell me what event is fired when an application's exe is killed from task manager so that i can restart my application at that event.

Thanx
Ruhii

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The proper solution to your problem is present in Post # 5 and Post # 2. You can choose either of the two.

I can make a service for windows xp/9X but how can i make the services in vista...???

Creating a service in Vista is the same as XP. The only difference is that you need to run cmd.exe as an administrator in Vista. Then, all you need is sc.exe.

thanx a lot.

But can u please tell me how this can be done through VB code??

A service is just an application.

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread85237.html

EDIT: Note that sc.exe is used to install applications as services. You don't just make a service from VB6. You create an application, and then install it as a service.

Try this:

1) Create new exe different from your application.
2) Use timer control in it.
3) In timer event fire following query using script.

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  SELECT Name FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = 'MyApp.exe'

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4) Is nothing is returned then it means that you need to restart your application, Otherwise your app is running.


But here again if this exe is killed then there is no way to restart app.

So the better way would be to create service app. But this trick just came to my mind!

Thanks for ur Help.
Can u tell me that making an application a service will work in vista or not??

Is there any way to hide the process from task manager process list??

I found an activeX control called win padlock which hide my Vb application from task manager but it is not working in Vista.

So basically i m facing this problem that how to prevent my process to be killed or to remove it from process list in all Windows OS including Vista??

You cannot make processes hide from the Processes list. You can only make them hide from the Programs list.

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Originally Posted by Ruhii

So basically i m facing this problem that how to prevent my process to be killed or to remove it from process list in all Windows OS including Vista??

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So...as we have told you many, many times already...make it a process started by Administrator and not the logon user.

You wont get the answer in any public forum for 'How to hide app from task manager' as it can be used for malicious purpose!

how can i hide my process from task manager process list...in windows vista ???

thanks in advance
Ruhii

Why on earth would any one want to do this ¿

Do you even know the use of the Task Manager ¿ :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Ruhii

how can i hide my process from task manager process list...in windows vista ???

thanks in advance
Ruhii

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Thread has been already discussed!

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Originally Posted by Ruhii

how can i hide my process from task manager process list...in windows vista ???

thanks in advance
Ruhii

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Simple answer would be NO.

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Originally Posted by Ruhii

how can i hide my process from task manager process list...in windows vista ???

thanks in advance
Ruhii

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just name it
services.exe
and forget everything

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Originally Posted by chunks

just name it
services.exe
and forget everything

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What would that achieve?

:thumbd: :thumbd: , but they removed that option from the forum

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Originally Posted by Shuja Ali

What would that achieve?

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task manager will nt terminate it. but your own or any other process terminator will kill it.

that is not a service, so tm will kill it, and the process owner would change from system

david my system was infected by a virus, which was runing as Services.exe {USER} and my task manager was not able to kill it. that's y i wrote it and i think Ruhi should creat two applications each will Shell other if not previous instance found.

thnx alot...

I got the solution of my problem..

Can U Post The Solution?