#keywords C++,PID,Process,Win32API
{{{#!gcode
#include <tlhelp32.h> 


DWORD FindProcessID(LPCTSTR szProcessName)
{
	DWORD dwPID = 0xFFFFFFFF;
	HANDLE hSnapShot = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
	PROCESSENTRY32 pe;

	// Get the snapshot of the system
	pe.dwSize = sizeof( PROCESSENTRY32 );
	hSnapShot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot( TH32CS_SNAPALL, NULL );

	// find process
	Process32First(hSnapShot, &pe);
	do
	{
		if(!_tcsicmp(szProcessName, pe.szExeFile))
		{
			dwPID = pe.th32ProcessID;
			break;
		}
	} while(Process32Next(hSnapShot, &pe));

	CloseHandle(hSnapShot);

	return dwPID;
}
}}}
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