[Update] Sysinternals Process Explorer

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Gordon Darling

Last Updated: April 5, 2005 v9.03

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

"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."

Regards
Gordon
 
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spoon2001

Sysinternals programs are GREAT!

I made an interesting discovery using Process Explorer.

Here are some Processes and Total CPU Time during part of my day yesterday:

System Idle Process 11:47:31.181
Maxthon.exe 0:11:08.841
AvaFind.exe 0:07:06.673
procexp.exe 0:06:58.571
services.exe 0:06:18.043
explorer.exe 0:04:41.034

The CPU spent almost 12 hours in the System Idle Process; the next busiest
app was Maxthon, which occupied the CPU for barely 11 minutes.

Looks like I could give my CPU something more useful to do!
 

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