Process Explorer
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Process Explorer Editor's Review
Process explorer is a great software utility which can replace task manager, which is the default way to check your CPU and memory usage, as well as where it is coming from and what file is causing it. This allows you to keep control of your PC, see why it is slowing down and take action, as well as track usage over time, which as you can imagine makes it one of the most useful windows applications. Process explorer was developed independently from Microsoft, and eventually purchased and made an official alternative to task manager, which should give you an official estimate of its value.
Process explorer is great for a number of reasons, the first and most noticeable one is the colouring. Where task manager is dull grey and green, process explorer has a multitude of colours that makes it pleasing to look at, with each column being coloured differently, and different rows having different types to differentiate different programs. This is in addition to small graphs in the top right all being very colourful, another feature where in task manager you have to switch tabs.
Another great feature is that all of the measurements (CPU usage and memory by default, but can be expanded to include GPU usage, internet usage and port number) are measured down to two decimal places. Sound insignificant? This allows you to micromanage your computer better, and remove applications that take half a percent of you CPU (shutting down just 10 of these useless applications will improve potential speed by 5%)
In addition to just looking at a processes use and killing it if necessary, there are far more options available in process explorer. These include searching online (if you see a process you don't recognize for a suspicious program, this can help you find malicious programs) setting which cores of your CPU it can run on, giving it a priority so if you have two programs taking a lot of your CPU you can make one run better than the other. Finally, you can restart processes which are creating errors and using a lot more resources than they should be, which allows you to fix that rogue program that won't close by itself far easier than you otherwise would.
Overall then, process explorer is an excellent way to keep track of how much of your computers hardware you are using, and correct it accordingly. This is why it is great that with one simple option, it can replace task manager and be opened with all the options that would usually open task manager, such as ctrl alt delete and right clicking the task bar. With this in mind, if task manager is an application you use in any capacity, a switch to process explorer is the only real move to make if you want to manage your processes effectively.
Process Explorer Publisher's Description
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.
Free download from Shareware Connection - Displays information regarding handles and DLLs processes
Version: 15.13 | Size: 1700 KB | Platform: WinOther
Released Date: 11-11-2012 | Rating: 0 | Title: Process Explorer
Author Url: http://www.microsoft.com
Program Info Url: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Download Url: http://download.sysinternals.com/files/ProcessExplorer.zip
Screenshot Url: http://i.technet.microsoft.com/bb896653.ProcessExplorer(en-us,MSDN.10).jpg
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