winapi - Impose a daily limit on software execution time in Windows -

winapi - Impose a daily limit on software execution time in Windows -

motivation: i'm addicted particular online game.

goal: write programme impose daily limit on time particular game can played.

background: have never written code windows.

my thoughts: windows has api management of software permissions. need write programme runs in background , periodically checks whether game played. if - sum total daily time , utilize windows api block game when limit exceeded. maybe possible register listener notified when game started, such there no need periodic polling of game status.

questions:

please help me defining global arch of such programme , point parts of windows api might of interest.

are there potential pitfalls need aware of?

what programming language should utilize (can utilize of them or windows api restricted languages)?

i know there many programs need, want write programme myself.

thanks.

sounds job powershell. since it's task automation , configuration management framework microsoft, consisting of command-line shell , associated scripting language built on .net framework. easy manage user permissions.

by task scheduler you'll able create such daemon that

runs in background , periodically checks whether game played

the simple workflow, can implemented this:

using powershell ise create , save my_script.ps1 add my_script.ps1 scheduled task when time exceeded give warning pop-up (so can save game) continue running daemon checking , killing pid related game

for script design:

#parameter set: name get-process [[-name] <string[]> ] [-computername <string[]> ] [-fileversioninfo] [-module] [ <commonparameters>]

you can see how here. then

$file = get-content my_time_file.utf8

will maintain history daily time limit. how read , write files. aplly parsing , conditional logic. when time on - give warning pop-up , terminate pid in (let's 5 mins):

[system.windows.forms.messagebox]::show("you exceed daily time limit. please save game. game process terminated in 5 minutes!")

but after it's you. people are

addicted particular online game

are resourceful.

windows winapi architecture