getting PID of process started by Process.start()

Question

I am starting an executable using this code:

Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = executablePath;
proc.Start();
proc.WaitForInputIdle();
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Answer 1

An example of how I did it:

    bool started = false;
    var p = new Process();

    p.StartInfo.FileName = "notepad.exe";

    started = p.Start();

    try {
      var procId = p.Id;
      Console.WriteLine("ID: " + procId);
    }
    catch(InvalidOperationException)
    {
        started = false;
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        started = false;
    }

Otherwise, try using handles like this:
Using handlers
Getting handler

hWnd = (int) process.MainWindowHandle;
int processId;
GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, out processId);

[DllImport("user32")]
static extern int GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out int processId);

Side note:
What happens if you get the array of process and iterate over them and compare the PIDs?

Process[] p = Process.GetProcessesByName( "testprogram" );
foreach(var proc in p)
    Console.WriteLine("Found: "+proc.Id == myExpectedProcId);