{"id":5209,"date":"2017-09-05T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T12:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b.shuttle.de\/hayek\/hayek\/jochen\/wp\/blog-en\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2024-12-09T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T11:40:19","slug":"process-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jochen.hayek.name\/blog-en\/2017\/09\/05\/process-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Sysinternals Process Explorer for Microsoft Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Process_Explorer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Process_Explorer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/sysinternals\/tag\/process-explorer\/\">https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/sysinternals\/tag\/process-explorer\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/bb896653.aspx\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/bb896653.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/sysinternals\/\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/sysinternals\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/sysinternals\/downloads\/process-utilities\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/sysinternals\/downloads\/process-utilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/sysinternals\/downloads\/process-explorer\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/sysinternals\/downloads\/process-explorer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N.B.: Running this utility does <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not<\/span> require admin privileges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allows you to search for files \/ directories opened by process \/ applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E.g. 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