C++, How to determine if a Windows Process is running?

Question

This is concerning Windows XP processes.

I have a process running, let\'s call it Process1. Process1 creates a new process, Process2, and saves its id.

Now,

Answer 1

#include 
#include 
#include 

/*!
\brief Check if a process is running
\param [in] processName Name of process to check if is running
\returns \c True if the process is running, or \c False if the process is not running
*/
bool IsProcessRunning(const wchar_t *processName)
{
    bool exists = false;
    PROCESSENTRY32 entry;
    entry.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32);

    HANDLE snapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, NULL);

    if (Process32First(snapshot, &entry))
        while (Process32Next(snapshot, &entry))
            if (!wcsicmp(entry.szExeFile, processName))
                exists = true;

    CloseHandle(snapshot);
    return exists;
}