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Remove the file c:\Recovery\Customizations\usmt.ppkg when it is locked by System?
How can I remove the file c:\Recovery\Customizations\usmt.ppkg when it is locked by System on Windows 10?
I cannot remove it because it seems to be used by another process.
I used process explorer ...
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Set priority of process in Windows 10 - access denied
In Windows 10 after loading Task Manager you have to click the Details tab to see the processes, not the Processes tab, but now when I right-click a process, click Set priority and choose low, I get ...
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How does the TeamSpeak 3 client execute with high process integrity?
My TeamSpeak 3 client is executing at High process integrity with limited elevation when I launch it from the shortcut on my taskbar. How does it do this? Is it because I am a system administrator?
I ...
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Windows 10 - log all process exits _with CPU time used_
I want to make a log of all processes run under the my login that lists all processes run and the total CPU used by that process.
Yes, I know about Audit Process Tracking, but the terminate event ...
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Unknown process always does something with all USB drives
Every time I'm trying to format any of my fully empty USB stick I get this error.
Every time I'm clicking on the button "eject" to any of my fully empty USB stick in Windows Explorer I get ...
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Windows 10 on Ryzen 1700x starts processes slowly
I have Windows 10 (22H2, 10.0.19045) installed on the following system:
Ryzen 1700x
32 GB of RAM
1 TB Samsung 970 EVO (M.2)
Windows Defender virus scanner.
About 2 months ago, the system started ...
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PowerShell on Windows: Start-Process fails if output redirection arguments are used
Why does Start-Process fail to find the executable (not in the path) if -RedirectStandardOutput or -RedirectStandardError are specified?
I.e.
[X:\] Start-Process -FilePath "prog.exe" -...
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Something kills Explorer
On the PC of my customer (MS Windows 10 pro 21H1 fully updated) there is some process that temporarily kills Explorer (the file manager daemon). As well, Explorer restores itself in few seconds.
How ...
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Can't terminate a task from Task Manager
I'm trying to delete a process that is running on my Windows 10 machine but it's not viewable in Task Manager. The only way I can see the process is using "Tasklist" in a command prompt or ...
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How do you suspend a process in Windows 10?
There is a process (Conexant Flow) that causes high CPU usage on my system. It seems to be an issue with an interaction with Firefox. I can kill the process, but it restarts seconds later and starts ...
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How to see RAM usage from processes that don't appear in the Task Manager?
I know that not all processes appear in the Task Manager. However, I am curious about the complete breakdown of my RAM usage, so I would like to view the RAM usage of all processes. How do I do this?
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Some process keeps trying to launch Outlook. How do I find out what it is and stop it?
Randomly, and seemingly for no reason, a generic Windows message box will pop up saying there is no default mail client installed. I click OK and the message box goes away for several hours until it ...
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Application always starts in background process after Windows 10 update
I did last Tuesday Update on my Windows 10, after that my Firefox, which is not changed, starts ok but always in background process, so I can't access its GUI.
I have last stable version of Firefox ...
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How to prevent desktop applications from starting in the background in Win 10
There are some desktop applications (not the metro apps) on my Win 10. They can only be started once. If I close these apps and restart them, they will some how start themselves as background ...
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How to auto create a dump of a process when a wait chain is stuck for more than x seconds?
When a process hangs temporarily and resource monitor/task manager show there is something stuck in the wait chain, I can
use for example Process Explorer to create a dump of it
open WinDbg and run !...
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Find out what kills a process
I'm trying to run a game but the main process is dying after a few seconds and I think it is getting killed by some AV or some other program. I can't debug it with a debuger like OllyDbg, because the ...
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Some processes high CPU usage in Windows 10
I installed Windows 10 and all the driver (BIOS included) from Dell site; luckily my laptop is Windows 10 compatible.
2 processes use a little too CPU, I'm talking about "System" and "Windows desktop ...
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W10 command line prevent process launch failure due to "blocked" redirect files
I have a .vbs file which runs a .bat file which has the following line in it:
python src\core\start.py 1> stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt
... annoyingly, after I shut down a previous run and ordered ...
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How to lock cpu priority of a process and block it from changing the priority itself?
I have an application that is programmed to change it's priority to high. Even if I switch it back to normal or lower, it changes back after some time. How can I block this behavior? How can I force ...
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Cannot access network folder from local server on my machine
I have network folder (\\domain.corp\work), which I can access in a program (executed in terminal) with my user (filip) on my machine (DESKTOP-MI7V4AE):
on host [DESKTOP-MI7V4AE.localhost], domain [...
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Hanged program not shown up in process explorer
This is something bugging me for more than a decade. Occasionally there is a program hang in Windows (in this case a setup program in Windows 10 Pro), I tried to close it from resource monitor and it ...
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Can I use ProcessExplorer to trace the parameters of future running process?
I would like be able to trace all calls to MSBuild.exe with its parameters. It seems I should be using sysinternals Process Explorer. I'm lost how I can accomplish this or if I should be doing ...
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RtlService.exe leaking handles if explorer not running
I have an odd issue with RtlService - apparently a service that connects Windows to the Realtek network card.
I have a Windows 10 IoT machine. When it starts up, it runs an application as a custom ...
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How to automate log-off after process ends?
My process is Playnite.DesktopApp.exe. I have set it up as my custom shell, so upon logging into my guest account in windows 10, this is the only process that boots up, nothing else.
After the process ...
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How can I free the port 1701 which is locked by System?
Environment: Window form application, C#, Windows 10.
Hi, I wrote a window form application. This application will try to connect to L2TP VPN server by rasdial.exe via Process class.
The problem is ...
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is it possible to block an exe running before it reaches UAC on win 10
Foxit pdf keeps wanting to connect to some useless service via the exe which is shown by uac below ( attached not enough street cred ).
is it possible to blacklist any exe from even trying to start ...
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explorer.exe becoming unkillable and wasting CPU cycles shortly after boot
I'm on Windows 10 21H1, Build 19043.1110.
I first noticed this problem yesterday. Every time Windows boots, it takes around 20 seconds for explorer.exe to become unkillable while wasting CPU cycles on ...
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How to hide a folder in C:\Program Files without turning off .exe program in it?
In C:\Program Files folder there are multiple folders containing drivers and .exe files for computer programs. I would like to know whether it is possible to hide a folder (let's say Discord) and all ...
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Why is the computer memory reported as full, while processes use much less memory?
My Windows 10 PC has 16GB RAM installed. Yet everything is soooo slowww.
In Task Manager, I see that the memory utilization is almost always at 98%-99% level. Yet, the aggregate memory consumption of ...
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How to find another process that's using same file I'm trying to process?
I have a program that
copies a ZIP file from a network path A to network path B
and then unzips a file in same location (network path B)
and then I got the following error popping up.
How can I ...
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View what's killing another Windows process
I'm trying to figure out what (if any) process is killing another process on my Windows 10 machine.
When I boot, after logging in, explorer fails to launch and I'm met with a black screen. I can ...
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See what spawned a process
How does one see what spawned a process?
Say there is a process visible in Task Manager and you want to see the history of that process spawning.
I found a mysterious SQL Server VSS Writer running ...
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How to track or dump all process memory throughtout process's lifetime?
There are several tools that exist for dumping process memory. I like to use procdump for simplicity.
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The issue I am currently facing with all of these tools is that they will dump process ...
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Command line tools to view process list in Windows 10. pslist slow
Default Task Manager and Sysinternals ProcessExplorer are well-known GUI applications to show processes details in Windows 10. I use both.
Windows 10 comes also with command-line tasklist.exe.
It ...
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Skype still receiving calls after terminating process
Skype on Windows 10 will still receive incoming calls even after terminating the process. There are no services to disable under the names 'Skype' or 'Microsoft Skype'. How can I prevent Skype from ...
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what service creates windows security auditing event 4798 in Win 10
Using Win 10
At the beginning of every session or working in any app that accesses network, I am getting a flurry of
"Audit Success - Microsoft Windows Auditing 4798 User Account Management"
This ...
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Cannot kill process that is blocking port 8080
I'm trying to kill a process that is using port 8080 on my local machine. But when I try, Windows tells me Access Denied. I looked a the process using Process Explorer and I see it's the System ...
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Unable to Stop-Process with Powershell
I'm spinning up an npm http-server in powershell and need to stop it before my script exists. Currently I have
$server = Start-Process http-server -passthru
Stop-Process -InputObject $server
This ...
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how to have renderdocui.exe run GTAVLauncher.exe while script hook v dll is in the game directory?
I get this error when I am starting the GTAV game using RenderDoc (v 0.27) and I have Script HooK V dll in the GTAV game directory (which is for game modding). I get this error:
win32_network.cpp( ...
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Acer Veriton N281G,processor and HDD goes 100%
I have Acer Veriton N281G 4GB RAM intel Atom D425 1.80Ghz HDD 320GB installed windows 10.
i have installed a clean windows but when start up prossessor and HDD go to 100% i dont understand why.any ...
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Windows 10 not releasing Processes
For the past month i have been going crazy as to why my Render systems where crashing, logs looked normal, or, they didn't have any particular errors relating to the crashes.
the last week i have ...
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How to find out what process created a certain file after the deed has been done?
I know this question exists.
What are my options to get a hold of an application (probably malfunction in code) that creates a "bad file" like in this screenshot:
It's always exactly this file, with ...
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Windows Slow Down: high ram and CPU usage by miscellaneous windows process
I recently experienced the slowdown of my windows 10 desktop pc.
Issue - slow Windows due to mysterious process
DESCRIPTION:
I checked the task manager for finding reason of slowdown. There I saw a ...
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App Runs as Background Process Instead of as an App
I have successfully installed and run a screen share app on both of my desktops. But, on my laptop, when I open the app, it runs as a background process instead of as an app (as seen in Task Manager). ...
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