OT: why can't I use "tasklist" in the Windows XP Cmd window?

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Wed May 18 22:23:33 EDT 2011


  On 5/18/11 2:00 PM, Graham Samuel wrote:

> Since I can't use 'the OpenProcesses' in LC to see what non-LC
>  programs are running in Windows, I thought I'd look for the equivalent
>  command in the cmd.exe command set, hoping in the end to run it via
>  'shell' from my LC app. The Microsoft documentation explains a
>  function called 'tasklist' which looks promising, but my CMD window
>  keep saying the command is not recognised. Other commands like 'start'
>  and 'ipconfig' work OK. Can anyone with Windows knowledge explain what
>  I'm doing wrong?

Did you try the "launch" command?

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