What is the handle count for a process in windows?

[Gupta Suraj]

Hi All, Is anyone aware of the handle count for a process in windows? Please let me know if it require further clarification. Suraj

Suraj Gupta

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

HandleCount property of a process refers to the number of operating system handles opened by that process. I suggest you ask such questions pertaining to .NET stuff in the .NET Framework Forum.

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[Gupta Suraj]

Is there any limit to that number...

Suraj Gupta

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Have a look at this link[^]. And please ask .NET questions in the .NET Framework Forum[^]

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[Maximilien]

Why is that a .net specific question ? The original poster did not mentionned the HandleCount property at all in his post. :confused:

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[David Leyva]

Hi The Handle count for a process is the total of handles used: Thread, opened files, events. I think u know that the function to get HC is GetProcessHandleCount. U have to be carefully if your app have HC that never decreases Regards David Leyva

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

That person has edited his post! He had asked what HandleCount was. Hope you understand it.

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[Hamid Taebi]

And also except handle count we have thread count :)

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[Gupta Suraj]

Thanks alot for your replies... Handle count for a process is limited to 10000 and it can be increased to 18000 (max limit). But I can see different process on my machine (like explorer.exe) having handle count greater than 18000. How that process is running properly even when handle count has increase dramactically?

Suraj Gupta