Manual Chapter : About Windows Process

Applies To:

  • BIG-IP APM

    15.1.8, 15.1.7, 15.1.6, 15.1.5, 15.1.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0

Updated Date: 07/07/2026

About Windows Process

The Windows Process action can verify that one or more particular processes are or are not running on a client system.

The Windows Process action provides these configuration elements and options:

Continuously check the result and end the session if it changes
Specifies Enabled or Disabled.

Note: When Enabled, if the client does not respond for five minutes, the server ends the session.

Expression
Specifies a Boolean expression to use to check for a process. The expression can include these wildcards: * and ?, and parentheses ( ) to combine values, and the logical operators AND, OR, and NOT. This is the syntax for a process check expression: "*process name*" | (EXPRESSION) | NOT EXPRESSION | EXPRESSION AND EXPRESSION | EXPRESSION OR EXPRESSION

Note: Double quotes (" “) are required around each process name.

Here is an example expression: ("winlogon.exe" AND "GoogleDesktop.exe") AND NOT "gator*". The expression checks running Windows processes for the presence of the winlogon.exe and GoogleDesktop.exe processes and the absence of any process with gator in the name.