In today's world, Process Explorer is a topic that occupies a central place in conversations and debates in society. Whether in terms of social, economic, political or cultural impact, Process Explorer has captured the attention of people of all ages and walks of life. The relevance and importance of Process Explorer extends globally, and its influence is felt in different areas of daily life. In this article, we will explore the different facets and perspectives surrounding Process Explorer, with the aim of deeply understanding its scope and its implications for the present and the future.
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Original author(s) | Winternals Software |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Stable release | v17.05
/ July 26, 2023 |
Operating system | Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 and later |
Type | Task manager and system monitor |
License | Freeware |
Website | learn |
Process Explorer is a freeware task manager and system monitor for Microsoft Windows created by SysInternals, which has been acquired by Microsoft and re-branded as Windows Sysinternals. It provides the functionality of Windows Task Manager along with a rich set of features for collecting information about processes running on the user's system. It can be used as the first step in debugging software or system problems.
Process Explorer can be used to track down problems. For example, it provides a means to list or search for named resources that are held by a process or all processes. This can be used to track down what is holding a file open and preventing its use by another program. As another example, it can show the command lines used to start a program, allowing otherwise identical processes to be distinguished. Like Task Manager, it can show a process that is maxing out the CPU, but unlike Task Manager it can show which thread (with the callstack) is using the CPU – information that is not even available under a debugger.
Process Explorer began in the early Sysinternals days as two separate utilities, HandleEx and DLLView, which were merged in 2001. Until 2008, Process Explorer worked on Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Versions of Process Explorer up to 12.04 work on Windows 2000; versions 14.0 and higher do not require credui.dll (which is only available since Windows XP/2003). Windows XP is supported up to version 16.05. The current version runs on Windows Vista and upwards. The open source software "Process Hacker" has been developed with the aim to replicate its functionality.
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