How to detect via Java whether a particular process is running under Windows?

Question

Well the title pretty much sums the question. The only thing I found is this but I\'m not sure if thats the way to go.

Answer 1

I have not tried in non Windows based systems. perhaps the PID divisibility by 4 will provide a clue More info on this PID propery here : About the pid of the process

and here http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/02/28/7925962.aspx