Questions tagged [process-explorer]
Process Explorer is a Windows tool written by Mark Russinovich, used for examining currently running processes and their open handles
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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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Laptop will not go to sleep
I'm new here, so it is a pleasure to meet all of you. I have a Windows 11 computer, and everything else works fine otherwise. However, when I try to make my computer sleep, the screen will only dim ...
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How to create and run the windows service using powershell script
I'm trying to create a new service (AppOneTest) on windows 2016, which should be available in services.msc and whenever the service starts (AppOneTest) it should start the process explorer
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Process Explorer won't launch "Find Handle or DLL..." window
There's some really strange behavior going on where when I launch Process Explorer (procexp.exe) on one account, it won't launch the Find Handle or DLL... window. All that happens is the Process ...
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Why do processes start appearing at the top of the tree's root instead of where they should, underneath wininit.exe and explorer.exe?
Why do these processes appear at the top of the Process Explorer window instead of below the wininit.exe section where they should be?
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Starts happening after about 10-30 minutes of system ...
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Process Explorer does not show the real CPU load
I notice that my computer becomes significantly slower while µTorrent is running. For example starting new programs takes anormally long and programs react more slowly. When I shut down µTorrent all ...
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How to run a program as administrator
Is this a joke?
Nothing as simple as running a program as administrator: click-right on the name of the program in Windows explorer, choose "Run as administrator" from the context menu and ...
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where to obtain Windows XP-compatible Process Explorer
Where can I obtain a Windows-XP compatible Process Explorer? the current release of Process Explorer does not run on XP SP3, attempting to executing it just says "Not a valid win32 executable&...
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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.
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Get CPU Usage of Specific Program Command Line Windows
Process explorer can show me the CPU % usage of a particular program:
I would like to obtain this number through command line to automatically sample the percentage utilization of a process. It has ...
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Why my drivers use 4.2 TB of physical memory?
So I got this info from Process Explorer (System Information window -> Memory)... I have 32 GB of RAM installed. How could drivers use 4 TB, while Kernel only 8 KB?
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How is it possible for a process to read 300+ I/O TB?
Take a look at how much I/O this process done! KillerAnalyticsService is, apparently, program made by the manufacturer of network card installed in PC. Can somebody explain how so much bytes was read?
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Windows debugging: How can I determine which application is opening my web browser
I'm just debugging a potential malware problem where blank browser windows (full windows not tabs) keep opening, but can't find any malware after multiple scans and after installing fresh browser so I'...
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running Process Explorer as administrator at log on of non-admin account
I have tried to achieve a supposedly simple task of running Process Explorer with administrator rights (to show all processes) when logging on as normal user on my Win10 Pro 21H1 system. It proved to ...
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