Process Explorer
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Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Windows
- PortableApps.com
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Install from the command line
winget install -e --id Microsoft.Sysinternals.ProcessExplorer
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Like other SysInternals tools, ProcessExplorer is feature rich and very stable. It gives me quick insight to what processes are doing, helping me to identify and address misbehaving processes. I have it running on every machine that I use frequently.
If you want to delete a locked file, Process Explorer helps you find exactly which processes are using a certain file. "When you enable VT integration, you get an extra column showing the number of AV engines on VirusTotal that flagged the file vs total engines. Process Explorer displays VT’s data; it does not translate that into a “rating” on its own"
Microsoft acquired Sysinternals (along with its parent company Winternals Software LP) on July 18, 2006. Program doesn't include a built-in network connections or ports view, but the program CrowdInspect shows ports.
Can monitor GPUs out of box.
Detailed process info, but lacks a total of Chrome's RAM usage. Hence i switched to Process Hacker.
It has Real-time CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O activity monitoring, so I'm not sure where the issue is.
Was last updated June 29, 2019.
Process Explorer v17.12 May 7, 2026
It's pretty decent with how much data it provides, but it starts too slowly and has the chance to fail when your computer's running poorly. Not a good replacement for Windows Task Manager, but decent if you want to find information about your system otherwise.
It's listed under the I/O tab on the System Information window.