Process.HasExited Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.Process.dll

Source:

Process.cs

Gets a value indicating whether the associated process has been terminated.

public:
 property bool HasExited { bool get(); };

public bool HasExited { get; }

member this.HasExited : bool

Public ReadOnly Property HasExited As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the operating system process referenced by the Process component has terminated; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

There is no process associated with the object.

Win32Exception

The exit code for the process could not be retrieved.

NotSupportedException

You are trying to access the HasExited property for a process that is running on a remote computer. This property is available only for processes that are running on the local computer.

Examples

The following example starts an instance of Notepad. It then retrieves the physical memory usage of the associated process at 2 second intervals for a maximum of 10 seconds. The example detects whether the process exits before 10 seconds have elapsed. The example closes the process if it is still running after 10 seconds.

#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
using namespace System::Threading;
int main()
{
   try
   {
      Process^ myProcess;
      myProcess = Process::Start(  "Notepad.exe" );
      
      // Display physical memory usage 5 times at intervals of 2 seconds.
      for ( int i = 0; i < 5; i++ )
      {
         if (  !myProcess->HasExited )
         {
            
            // Discard cached information about the process.
            myProcess->Refresh();
            
            // Print working set to console.
            Console::WriteLine( "Physical Memory Usage : {0}", myProcess->WorkingSet.ToString() );
            
            // Wait 2 seconds.
            Thread::Sleep( 2000 );
         }
         else
         {
            break;
         }

      }
      myProcess->CloseMainWindow();
      
      // Free resources associated with process.
      myProcess->Close();
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "The following exception was raised: " );
      Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
   }

}

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;

namespace ProcessSample
{
    class MyProcessClass
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            try
            {
                using (Process myProcess = Process.Start("Notepad.exe"))
                {
                    // Display physical memory usage 5 times at intervals of 2 seconds.
                    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
                    {
                        if (!myProcess.HasExited)
                        {
                            // Discard cached information about the process.
                            myProcess.Refresh();
                            // Print working set to console.
                            Console.WriteLine($"Physical Memory Usage: {myProcess.WorkingSet}");
                            // Wait 2 seconds.
                            Thread.Sleep(2000);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            break;
                        }
                    }

                    // Close process by sending a close message to its main window.
                    myProcess.CloseMainWindow();
                    // Free resources associated with process.
                    myProcess.Close();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e) when (e is Win32Exception || e is FileNotFoundException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised: ");
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

open System.ComponentModel
open System.Diagnostics
open System.IO
open System.Threading


try
    use myProcess = Process.Start "Notepad.exe"
    // Display physical memory usage 5 times at intervals of 2 seconds.
    let mutable i = 0

    while i < 5 && not myProcess.HasExited do
        // Discard cached information about the process.
        myProcess.Refresh()
        // Print working set to console.
        printfn $"Physical Memory Usage: {myProcess.WorkingSet64}"
        // Wait 2 seconds.
        Thread.Sleep 2000
        i <- i + 1
    // Close process by sending a close message to its main window.
    myProcess.CloseMainWindow() |> ignore
    // Free resources associated with process.
    myProcess.Close()
with
| :? Win32Exception
| :? FileNotFoundException as e ->
    printfn "The following exception was raised: "
    printfn $"{e.Message}"

Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Threading

Namespace Process_Sample
    Class MyProcessClass

        Public Shared Sub Main()
            Try
                Using myProcess = Process.Start("Notepad.exe")
                    ' Display physical memory usage 5 times at intervals of 2 seconds.
                    Dim i As Integer
                    For i = 0 To 4
                        If Not myProcess.HasExited Then

                            ' Discard cached information about the process.
                            myProcess.Refresh()
                            ' Print working set to console.
                            Console.WriteLine($"Physical Memory Usage: {myProcess.WorkingSet}")
                            ' Wait 2 seconds.
                            Thread.Sleep(2000)
                        Else
                            Exit For
                        End If

                    Next i

                    ' Close process by sending a close message to its main window.
                    myProcess.CloseMainWindow()
                    ' Free resources associated with process.
                    myProcess.Close()
                End Using
            Catch e As Exception When TypeOf e Is Win32Exception Or TypeOf e Is FileNotFoundException
                Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised: ")
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
            End Try
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace 'Process_Sample

Remarks

A value of true for HasExited indicates that the associated process has terminated, either normally or abnormally. You can request or force the associated process to exit by calling CloseMainWindow or Kill. If a handle is open to the process, the operating system releases the process memory when the process has exited, but retains administrative information about the process, such as the handle, exit code, and exit time. To get this information, you can use the ExitCode and ExitTime properties. These properties are populated automatically for processes that were started by this component. The administrative information is released when all the Process components that are associated with the system process are destroyed and hold no more handles to the exited process.

A process can terminate independently of your code. If you started the process using this component, the system updates the value of HasExited automatically, even if the associated process exits independently.

Note

When standard output has been redirected to asynchronous event handlers, it is possible that output processing will not have completed when this property returns true. To ensure that asynchronous event handling has been completed, call the WaitForExit() overload that takes no parameter before checking HasExited.

See also

• ExitCode
• ExitTime
• WaitForExit(Int32)
• EnableRaisingEvents
• OnExited()