GetOwner method of the Win32_Process class

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11/09/2023

The GetOwner WMI class method retrieves the user name and domain name under which the process is running.

This topic uses Managed Object Format (MOF) syntax. For more information about using this method, see Calling a Method.

Syntax

uint32 GetOwner(
  [out] string User,
  [out] string Domain
);

Parameters

User [out]: Returns the user name of the owner of this process.
Domain [out]: Returns the domain name under which this process is running.

Return value

Returns zero (0) to indicate success. Any other number indicates an error. For additional error codes, see WMI Error Constants or WbemErrorEnum. For general HRESULT values, see System Error Codes.

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Examples

The following VBScript code example obtains the owner for each running process.

strComputer = "."
Set colProcesses = GetObject("winmgmts:" & _
   "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & _
   "\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Process")

For Each objProcess in colProcesses

    Return = objProcess.GetOwner(strNameOfUser)
    If Return <> 0 Then
        Wscript.Echo "Could not get owner info for process " & _  
            objProcess.Name & VBNewLine _
            & "Error = " & Return
    Else 
        Wscript.Echo "Process " _
            & objProcess.Name & " is owned by " _ 
            & "\" & strNameOfUser & "."
    End If
Next

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
Namespace	Root\CIMV2
MOF	CIMWin32.mof
DLL	CIMWin32.dll