Using Java, how to detect if an App is running

[boyet silverio]

I am looking for ways to do the following preferably in Java:

if firewall program is running
if antivirus program is running
then only shall a network program (e.g. browser, etc.) be executed
endif
endif

Some programs (e.g. anti virus, etc) pose problems during windows startup, so these have to be excluded from startup and executed only when the startup process is completed. This problem exists probably due to incompatibilities with the OS, hardware etc.. among other factors... other SW/HW changes being considered...
But meanwhile, I am thinking of creating an executable jar file (icon) for these that implements the pseudo code above.
Thanks for any comments on how to do it in Java.
[ May 27, 2003: Message edited by: boyet silverio ]

[sram bahl]

You can always identify the process that are running from the process table. You can issue java based shell calls (Runtime.exec(...))on OS specific commands to identify these processes.

[boyet silverio]

thanks, thats the place to start.