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If you have ever felt that the info that Windows Task Manager gave you was incomplet or lacking you need to check this software out,and it's freeware to boot.
Source: Sysinternals
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. 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 Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.
Process Explorer works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 processors
Other Process Explorer features include:
Support for full handle viewing on Win9x/Me (with the exception of Registry key handles)
Process icons
Service process highlighting
Process tree display
Configurable refresh rate
Refresh highlighting: new entries in the process, handle and DLL views are green, and deleted ones red
Listview tooltips
DLL descriptions in the DLL view
Highlights relocated DLLs
Jump-to-entry in the find dialog
Efficient refresh
Runs on Windows 9x/Me
Lists all process owners, even on Terminal Server systems
Moveable columns
Column selection and a wide variety of configurable process, DLL and handle columns
Asynchronous updates of all views
Configurable refresh highlighting effects
Save function saves process view and current bottom view (handle or DLL)
Minimize-to-tray option
Process suspend/resume
Thread details including stacks
Fractional CPU usage
Job object information
Right-justified numeric columns with numeric formatting
Mutex properties shows owning thread if mutex is owned
More information in process properties
Start time and CPU time process columns
Option to hide the lower pane
Kill process tree
More accurate Registry key names for profile unload debugging
Extensive help file
Service descriptions on services tab of service process properties dialog
More Info HERE
Source: Sysinternals
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. 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 Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.
Process Explorer works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 processors
Other Process Explorer features include:
Support for full handle viewing on Win9x/Me (with the exception of Registry key handles)
Process icons
Service process highlighting
Process tree display
Configurable refresh rate
Refresh highlighting: new entries in the process, handle and DLL views are green, and deleted ones red
Listview tooltips
DLL descriptions in the DLL view
Highlights relocated DLLs
Jump-to-entry in the find dialog
Efficient refresh
Runs on Windows 9x/Me
Lists all process owners, even on Terminal Server systems
Moveable columns
Column selection and a wide variety of configurable process, DLL and handle columns
Asynchronous updates of all views
Configurable refresh highlighting effects
Save function saves process view and current bottom view (handle or DLL)
Minimize-to-tray option
Process suspend/resume
Thread details including stacks
Fractional CPU usage
Job object information
Right-justified numeric columns with numeric formatting
Mutex properties shows owning thread if mutex is owned
More information in process properties
Start time and CPU time process columns
Option to hide the lower pane
Kill process tree
More accurate Registry key names for profile unload debugging
Extensive help file
Service descriptions on services tab of service process properties dialog
More Info HERE