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SysInternals Process Explorer starts but is unresponsive for a long time, spinning blue disk. Then works fine

I recently downloaded the SysInternals tools. I'm running them on Windows Server 2019. The problem I am having only seems to apply to Process Explorer. I have this problem whether I run procexp.exe or ...
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Process not showing in Process Explorer, even though it's running

Something strange is happening, I am running the game "Sheep dog 'n' wolf" via the SheepD3D.exe executable. While it is running I alt-tab and open SysInternals' Process Explorer (latest ...
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Can not run Sysinternals Process Explorer via Task scheduler (installed via winget on Win11)

I'm unable to setup the Process Explorer to run at startup via Task Scheduler. Regardless if I create the task via the Process Explorer menu 'Run at startup' or manually I am unable to make it work. I'...
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How to see the process stack in the Sysinternals Process Explorer from a .net console app?

I am trying to get deeper in the understanding how the OS stacks up the chained function calls. So I created a very simple dotnet console app, see the code below, I call the "Call()" method ...
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editing sysinternal log to post on forum

I use sysinternal tool procmon https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon I want to edit its log because I want to post it online on technical forums for disucssions. I want to ...
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High CPU usage from Explorer.exe - Suspecting Dropbox and/or Onedrive shell integration at fault

I'm experiencing high CPU usage from Explorer.exe and I am using SysInternals' Process Explorer to try to diagnose the issue. Frequently I will get a CPU History graph like this (or worse, showing ...
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What is corel doing on my udp connections for Chrome?

I have a weird mc.corel.com address lingering in Chrome and some parts of svchost processes, what is going on?
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Where does chocolatey install sysinternals?

Chocolatey has a nice sysinternals package, but where does it install to? (by default) https://chocolatey.org/packages/sysinternals
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"I/O write" or "Disk write" affects the SSD?

I like to find out which program using mostly my SSD. I'm using Process Hacker (in elevated mode) to get an overview of my SSD usage and find the programs whose using it mostly. To test the ...
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Process Explorer: Process Disk: Read/Write bytes not working?

I like to find out which program using mostly my SSD. On Windows 7 x64 machine in Process Explorer (opened as Administrator) double clicking on a process opens up the details of it. On the Disk and ...
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Changing colors of Process Explorer

I want to make my Process Explorer dark. I managed to change all colors except these very bright columns: How can I change these bright colors to something dark?
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Is there a way to reset the toolbar minigraphs in Process Explorer?

Windows Sysinternals Process Explorer includes in its toolbar some minigraphs showing recent usage history for CPU, Memory, and so on: These are nice. However, an inadvertent click on the 'thumb' of ...
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How can I determine which operations or processes prevent screen saver and sleep mode

My desktop will not enter sleep mode or fire up the screen saver. To troubleshoot, I have run procmon and procexp from sysinternals in order to determine if some event is making the system think it ...
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Is there open source software which is to Process Monitor what ProcessHacker is to Process Explorer? [closed]

Process Hacker is an open source alternative to the famous Process Explorer by Mark Russinovitch. Is there in the same vein a piece of open source software that can be a serious alternative to ...
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Equivalent to Sysinternals Process Explorer on Linux

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and am looking for an equivalent to Process Explorer on Linux. There is System Monitor but it's not nearly as good as Process Explorer with all of its detailed information ...
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