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

This:

using (Process process = Process.Start("notepad.exe"))
{
    process.WaitForInputIdle();
    Console.WriteLine(process.Id);
}

Actually works for me:

http://pasteboard.s3.amazonaws.com/images/1350293463417532.png

Task Manager:

http://pasteboard.s3.amazonaws.com/images/1350293536498959.png

My thoughts:

Actually your process starts another process and you are trying to get ID of some kind of launcher. (It can start itself by the way).