How can I get a list of all open named pipes in Windows?

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Doug T. picture Doug T. · Nov 3, 2008 · Viewed 103.9k times · Source

Is there an easy way to test whether your named pipe is working correctly? I want to make sure that the data I'm sending from my app is actually being sent. Is there a quick and easy way to get a list of all the named pipes?

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Rob Walker picture Rob Walker · Nov 3, 2008

You can view these with Process Explorer from sysinternals. Use the "Find -> Find Handle or DLL..." option and enter the pattern "\Device\NamedPipe\". It will show you which processes have which pipes open.

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