{"id":330,"date":"2009-07-29T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2009-07-29T22:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T22:02:00","slug":"process-explorer-alternative-to-windows-task-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/2009\/07\/process-explorer-alternative-to-windows-task-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Process Explorer &#8211; Alternative to Windows Task Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. <\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Process Explorer<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The <\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Process Explorer<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that <\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Process Explorer<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> is in: if it is in handle mode you&#8217;ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if <\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Process Explorer<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> is in DLL mode you&#8217;ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. <\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Process Explorer<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The unique capabilities of <\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Process Explorer<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.technet.microsoft.com\/bb896653.ProcessExplorer%28en-us,MSDN.10%29.jpg\" title=\"Process Explorer\" align=\"Middle\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.technet.microsoft.com\/bb896653.ProcessExplorer1%28en-us,MSDN.10%29.jpg\" title=\"System Information\" align=\"Middle\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ctl00_mainContentContainer_ctl05\" onclick=\"javascript:Track('ctl00_mainContentContainer_ctl00|ctl00_mainContentContainer_ctl05',this);\" href=\"http:\/\/download.sysinternals.com\/Files\/ProcessExplorer.zip\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.technet.microsoft.com\/dd183105.download_45%28en-us%29.jpg\" style=\"margin-right: 1em;\" title=\"Download\" align=\"Left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ctl00_mainContentContainer_ctl06\" onclick=\"javascript:Track('ctl00_mainContentContainer_ctl00|ctl00_mainContentContainer_ctl06',this);\" href=\"http:\/\/download.sysinternals.com\/Files\/ProcessExplorer.zip\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Download Process Explorer<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">(1.6 MB)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. 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