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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: February 04, 2009
- Total Downloads: 583,410
- Downloads last week: 3,988
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 354 votes
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Reviewed by: CNET Staff
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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- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 354 votes
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
Pros: Much more advanced and feature-packed than Windows' task manager.
It has a feature that can replace Windows' task manager, or restore it later.
If you have been using Windows' task manager for a while, the program is easy to use.Cons: Maybe a bit too advanced, and it may not be easy to use for unexperienced users.
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"look at every running process easily"
Pros: great display of all processes
Cons: Windows puts me to a main control screen with CTRL-ALT-DEL instead of just calling the app straight.
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
Pros: Highlighting (New Objects, Deleted Objects, etc)
Can Adjust duration of highlighting. Helpful for spotting new objects.
Highly configurable viewing options.
In depth information of running processes
Can launch it with command line switches.Cons: Haven't experienced any
Summary: Have used this for years, along with Autoruns, and Process Monitor.
A great tool for viewing processes and diagnosing problems.
Good info on running processes including full path,icons, DLL use, Command Line (wiith arguments), CPU and Memo... read more >> -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.33
Pros: gives you heap of information, very detailed, easy to understand, all in one window
process name, CPU, description and company nameCons: bit cluttered but geez, does that matter?
Summary: one word-outstanding
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Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"It shows you what's going on under the hood."
Pros: This is a very comprehensive program that is not just an indispensible information tool but also can quicly show anything that should not be there.
Cons: It's a bit clunky, making the whole thing somewhat overwhelming and confusing for anyone but a guru. For example, tabbed pages would be nice. As would access to the relevant registry keys so anything the looks weird can be checked out further.
Summary: An excellent program that could do with some refinements.
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