Possible to change the process name?

[Vorkbaard]

I'm running multiple instances (for mutiple users) of SABnzbd 0.6.9 on Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit. I would like to be able to see which SABnzbd.exe process belongs to which user. Apart from changing the executable name, is there any way to distinguish between the processes?

[shypike]

No, because the OS doesn't know who is actually using a session,
assuming you don't run the sessions under different OS user accounts.
Renaming the EXE file is the only solution.

[Vorkbaard]

Thanks for your reply. I had a little hope there'd be a forgotten command line parameter.

I *could* start the processes using "run as" of course...

[shypike]

If the task manager shows you the parameters used to start the process, there may be an alternative.
SABnzbd.exe john -f c:\path\to\john.ini
The first "john" parameter will be ignored by SABnzbd.

[Vorkbaard]

It doesn't show the parameters and SAB doesn't seem to work when started that way, although the process is started. It doesn't really matter, SABnzbd is quite stable and I rarely need to manage the process from the process manager. When necessary I'll fix up a script that finds out the newly started process id.

Thanks for your answer anyway

[Vorkbaard]

I found a solution to my problem. In Windows Task Manager, go to View > Select Columns and check 'Command Line'.