在 Win32 应用程序中，如何检索应用程序类别信息

Question

I am writing a Win32 app to monitor current process usage, and I hope my program is able to identify and categorise the app automatically. However, I cannot find any library to use in GitHub, and it seems like the Windows doesn't provide this kind of API. The only way I can think of is manually enter each app category into the database, but it seems overwhelming for users to manage all of his applications. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

This is overkill, but an answer I suppose. Make a text file, a local copy of which will be available and used by your app. The text file maps executable names to program categories.

Now, for auto-update of the mapping, put the shared master of this text file on "the cloud" - eg Google Docs. You could allow specific others to modify it, or just you. When the program starts, and then every hour or so, it opens that cloud text file for read only. Get the contents to see if the local copy needs to be superseded.