In this article we will show you how to use the “Process Explorer” to get information of your system and user processes. It is said that Process Explorer picks up where Task Manger leaves. Following are the features available in Process Explorer.
Features:
- You can view system and local process in the left pane and get its related information such as Process ID, Size, Description, Company Name, User Name etc.
- You can right click on any process and set its Priority. Further, you can Kill Process, Kill Process Tree, and Suspend and Restart the process.
- You can go to process properties and see very detailed information about it such as Performance, Performance Graph, Location, Threads, Environment Variables and other information’s
- You can Shutdown, Restart, Hibernate, Log off, Lock and Standby your computer by clicking on “Shutdown” Menu bar item under File Menu
- You can set its configurations from Option Menu bar
- You can view the DLL’s and Handles related to the process by clicking on “View” and going to “Lower Pane View” and selecting “DLLs” or “Handles”.
- You can also use the search feature, which lets you fine any DLL or Handle associated with any process. You can do this by clicking on “Find” Menu bar and then clicking on “Find DLL or handle”. Type the name of DLL/Handle you want to search and press “Search”.
Process Explorer can be downloaded from http://download.cnet.com/Process-Explorer/3000-2094_4-10223605.html
Below video will help you resolve performance issues by using Process Explorer and Task Manager
