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Description of Process Explorer

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.

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• Reviewed by: gargoye38

  01-03-2008

  Duration of ownership: 0 Days

  Strengths: Quick download from Microsoft's developer site, a fantastic easy way to monitor your system.

  Weaknesses: You have to be at least marginally computer literate to understand what you are seeing.

  Overall Evaluation: A terrific addition to any system. If you are a geek at heart, explore the tools available to you.

• Reviewed by: kcuhC

  05-30-2007

  Duration of ownership: 1 Days

  Strengths: It lists a lot of items -- as to what it tells you, I'm not sure I know more than before I installed this.

  Weaknesses: It took days to download, finally it did (slowly). I didn't feel I really understood those mysterious items anymore than I did before this program.

  Overall Evaluation: Probably not worth while. If you're a tech enough to understand what this program tells you, you probably didn't need this program. Save your bandwidth.

• Reviewed by: fasteddie44

  02-27-2007

  Duration of ownership: 6 Months

  Strengths: Process Explorer tells you at a glance which processes are robbing your available CPU usage and what the Commit charge is. I have used thi freeware on several occasions to just monitor things and to resolve issues that are problematic. The available "Kill Process" can turn things off that are running in the background.

  Weaknesses: None noted.

  Overall Evaluation: Five star freeware utility. Thanks PC World.

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