Windows Task Manager, as you probably know, allows you to view all the active applications and processes currently running on your computer. This is a very handy tool when troubleshooting or just getting an overall view of your computer.
One tool I have found better than Task Manager is Process Explorer. This free tool allows you a much more detailed view of what is going on with your system. Additionally, it has all the functionality of Task Manager, including the ability to “kill” tasks.
One of really great features of Process Explorer is the ability to replace Task Manager (Options > Replace Task Manager). When you select this option, any way which you normally would invoke Task Manager (except by explicitly running it) will bring up Process Explorer instead. This is really something that once you do, you don’t want to go back.
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I download the file, Process Explorer this morning and not sure where will I extract to?? I just want to make sure the right place to extract from the zip file.
Thank you,
John P. Mackay
Belleville, ON Canada eh?
Put it anywhere you like. There is no installation needed.
Thanks Jason for taking your time to reply to my question within minutes.
Smile,
John P. Mackay
Belleville, ON Canada eh?
You forgot: TASK PRIORITIZATION; also on STARTER (by “Codestuff”)
I miss some of the features of some of the programs from Win05/98. Like the RssMon/SysMon and so son. I just wish the Task Manager had more power and capability to it. Like showing hidden / other processes.
It would be nice to see it have features like the ‘Process Viewer’ has. And some other administrative stuff, like calling admn programs and tools (if you have the admin rights to do so.)