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This function retrieves information about the next process recorded in a system snapshot.

Syntax 

BOOL WINAPI Process32Next(
  HANDLE
 hSnapshot,
  LPPROCESSENTRY32
 lppe
);

Parameters

hSnapshot

[in] Handle to the snapshot returned from a previous call to the CreateToolhelp32Snapshotfunction.

lppe

[out] Pointer to a PROCESSENTRY32structure.

Return Value

TRUE indicates that the next entry of the process list has been copied to the buffer. FALSE indicates failure. The ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES error value, returned by GetLastError, indicates that no processes exist or the snapshot does not contain process information.

Remarks

To retrieve information about the first process recorded in a snapshot, use the Process32Firstfunction.

Requirements

Header tlhelp32.h
Library toolhelp.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also