CNET Editors' review
If you've ever tried tracking down a process in Windows Task Manager, you know it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Process Explorer makes the job a lot easier. This freeware utility displays running processes in an intuitive tree format that includes not only process names, but also program icons and other data, such as description, image, and processor time.
It also can identify the process for a given application window or look up a process name in Google--a handy way to spot spyware. The latest version, more than three years in the making, introduces several new features. You can now drill down into the multiple svchost processes and see what each one is controlling via mouse-over tooltip, learn which Internet Explorer 8 process controls which tab, and a new .NET assembly information tab under Properties for assistance in .NET troubleshooting.
Additional features offer detailed information on performance, DLLs, threads, handles, TCP/IP connections, security settings, and environments. Despite its lack of visual polish, Process Explorer is one of the best Task Manager replacements we've seen.
Publisher's Description
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Process Explorer is an advanced process management utility that picks up where Task Manager leaves off. It will show you detailed information about a process including its icon, command-line, full image path, memory statistics, user account, security attributes, and more. When you zoom in on a particular process you can list the DLLs it has loaded or the operating system resource handles it has open. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window, which you can close, depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in if it is in handle mode you will see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened, if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you will see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded.
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4.2 starsout of 515 votes
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5.0 starsout of 3 votes
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"Easy to install and to use the basics."
Version: Process Explorer 15.12
Pros
Easy to use, I have had it installed on two different computers and it gives interesting information about what is going on on my computer.
Cons
I could use more information about what the information means, but education is probably not the job of this program.
Summary
I use this to get more detail than the Windows Task Manager gives. It does way more stuff that I don't understand.
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"Very useful"
Version: Process Explorer 15.12
Pros
Simple. Love it.
Cons
None That's great.
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"Does well what it is supposed to do"
Version: Process Explorer 15.12
Pros
Small footprint; easy to integrate (no installation required); sits in task bar; provides much useful information.
Cons
None for me.
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