From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:12:00 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
      
      
   >    This is a Python solution - indeed Linux Python. Variants ought to be   
   >    doable, not sure how compactly, in a number of other langs. Winders   
   >    has 'tasklist' but I don't remember if it's as to-the-point as 'ps'.   
      
   No.  I wrote a Windows version of ps so support would have a tool   
   compatible with the Unix/Linus ps.   
      
   First you load NtQueryInformationProcess   from the native NT API dll, and   
   then call EnumProcesses().   
      
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/psapi/nf-psapi-   
   enumprocesses   
      
   Then you iterate the list calling OpenProcess() on each.   
      
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-   
   processthreadsapi-openprocess   
      
   Then you make several calls to ReadProcessMemory(), GetProcessTimes(),   
   OpenProcessToken(), and GetTokenInformation() to get the usual stuff   
   reported by ps.  Along the way you do a little math since you're dealing   
   with 64 bit integers of 100 nanoseconds.   
      
   If you're a peon (User) you can't do that but you can open the Registry   
   HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA and get some info.   
      
   Ain't nothing easy in Windows. There is also a version that uses   
   CreateToolhelp32Snapshot().   
      
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/tlhelp32/nf-tlhelp32-   
   createtoolhelp32snapshot   
      
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