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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: February 04, 2009
- Total Downloads: 613,335
- Downloads last week: 4,630
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 369 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: 4.0 stars out of 369 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"independant, accessible and clear and informative"
Pros: it gives instant access to all hidden and visible programs running without fuss or complication.
Cons: totally happy
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"Easy to read better than windows task manager"
Pros: Easy to read better than windows task manager. its easier to tell what processes are going on.
Cons: None that I can see
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.33
Pros: It gives a lot of information which could be relevant and important, if you need it.
Cons: I don't need that information. In fact, SystemExplorer is a much more helpful tool for me: essentially a spruced-up Task Manager without the excess information.
Summary: Process Explorer is useful for people to whom it's useful--people with more computer skills than I have, alas, and with more interest in exactly the information Process Explorer shows. A good product, but not for me.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.33
"could not find it after down load attempt..."
Pros: I don't know.
Cons: with my minamal knowledge should not be allowed to use anything but crayons or possibly a pencil with big eraser.
Summary: See above :)
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.33
Pros: It works well
Cons: none to be found
Summary: VG
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