Change program name in Task Manager

[ggunter]

Is it possible to code a program so that the name displayed in the Task Manager can be changed mid-process?

I have searched for it but everything I found was either someone wanting to hide the name or was for VB6.

I am developing a program that will be run in a dozen instances at the same time. There will be two (2) user input forms followed by a processing form containing nothing but a third-party component that we are forced to use to capture our data. What I am trying to do is change the name after the user input to indicate which instance this particular program is. That way, if the third-party component hangs, we will know which instance to kill.

 

[JohnH]

Applications tab in Task Manager displays the current title (ie .Text) of all toplevel forms (ie where ShowInTaskbar =True), so you can change the forms Text property.

 

[MattP]

Haven't tried it out:

https://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=66443&lngWId=1

 

[JohnH]

Haven't tried it out:

https://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=66443&lngWId=1

What would be the point of that? Very malware-ish. You can easily identify the application instance like I said, and attempt to close it from there, and if that doesn't work you can go directly to the related process and kill that.

 

[ggunter]

Thanks John. That works perfectly as I was already going to change the form text to indicate the instance to the user.