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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 02, 2008
- Total Downloads: 488,339
- Downloads last week: 3,806
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 354 votes
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CNET editors' review
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. A search capability enables you to track down a process that has a resource opened, such as a file, directory or Registry key, or to view the list of processes that have a DLL loaded. The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. 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.
Version 11.20 now shows thread permissions, adds process working set minimum and maximum columns, and fixes a bug that allows it to run from read-only locations on 64-bit Windows.
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User reviews of Process Explorer 11.20
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 354 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.20
Pros: been using it for some time, has a lot of options.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.20
"It does what it claims, and then some."
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0 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.20
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.20
Pros: This app takes the task manager to new heights! As someone who frequently tests new software, i find it really easy to kill any program that has fatally crashed. Also, the real time CPU and memory usage charts are a nice touch!
Cons: I don't like that it has to be in a shallow C: folder to replace task manager, but that's not too bad. I'd rather run it from my program folder. Also, it takes a bit longer to load than task manager. That will happen with all 3rd party software.
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Process Explorer 11.20
Pros: It a lot more detailed than the original task manager
Cons: Nothing bad to say
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