TMS zl Module Planning and Implementation Guide 2009-08

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Process Explorer
Microsoft TechNet - Process Explorer v11.33
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Description from the included Help file:
“Process Explorer is an advanced process management utility that picks up where Task Manager leaves off.
It will show you detailed information about a process including its icon, command-line, full image path,
memory statistics, user account, security attributes, and more. When you zoom in on a particular process
you can list the DLLs it has loaded or the operating system resource handles it has open. A search
capability enables you to track down a process that has a resource opened, such as a file, directory or
Registry key, or to view the list of processes that have a DLL loaded.
The Process Explorer 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 displayed in the
bottom window, which you can close, depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle
mode you will see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer
is in DLL mode you will 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.
You can obtain equivalent command-line tools, Handle and ListDLLs, at the Sysinternals Web site.
Process Explorer does not require administrative privileges to run and works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows
NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and on the x64
version of 64-bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008.”
Screen shot of a Process Explorer screen for a standard workstation.