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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: February 04, 2009
- Total Downloads: 648,095
- Downloads last week: 4,266
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 376 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 29, 2007
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. 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
From Microsoft :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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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 376 votes
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"Great replacement for tsk manger"
Pros: 1. Good description
2. Can be used to track spywareCons: None so far
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"works quietly and well- no sales pitch."
Pros: Trying to figure out what is happening on my computer, this tool is very big help.
Cons: Not all processes are explained in simple terms.
Summary: Useful and not intrusive- no sales, no endless popups and can be run when you want it- not when it wants to run.
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
Pros: Powerful capabilities with no setup
Cons: No designers hired to do the interface
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
Pros: everything ! whats not to like about getting the tools you need/
Cons: can't think of a one
Summary: ease of use, clarity of content this thing is awesome
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"powerful and lightweight, yet obscure"
Pros: + powerful tool, delivers more information than you probably need
+ lightweight and mobile, installation not required
+ can easily replace the default task manager
+ well organized presentation, color coded types of processes
+ process tree structureCons: - inaccessible to inexperienced users
- lots of technical jargon with no explanation of its meaning, albeit the tool is aimed at power users
- can easily replace the default task manager, as long as you don't move the executable fileSummary: Although it does look like a very useful tool, you may want to stay away from it unless you're ready for lots of technical jargon. I like to think of myself as a power user, but when I first launched Process Explorer I must admit I was intimidated b... read more >>
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