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What Is SysInternals Process Explorer？

Process Explorer is a free task manager and system monitor for Windows. It was created by SysInternals, which has been acquired by Microsoft and re-branded as Windows SysInternals. So, Process Explorer is also called Windows SysInternals Process Explorer or Microsoft Process Explorer.

It contains the functions found in Windows Task Manager. It even has more features for collecting information about processes running on your Windows computer. Users usually use it to debug software and system problems.

Features in Process Explorer

• Process Explorer contains the following main features:
• Offers a hierarchical view of processes.
• Display an icon and the company name next to each process.
• Show up the live CPU activity graph in the taskbar.
• Suspend your selected process.
• Raise the window attached to a process to unhide it.
• Kill a complete process tree.
• And more …

Process Explorer Download for Windows 11 and Windows 10

Process Explorer is not preinstalled on your device. You need to manually download it if you want to use it as your task manager on Windows PC.

Where to download Process Explorer?

You can download it from Microsoft:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Step 1: After entering the download page, you can click Download Process Explorer to download a compressed folder.

Step 2: Unzip the downloaded folder.

Step 3: Double-click procexp.exe and click the Agree button to continue (you only need to click this button when you open it for the first time).

Process Explorer opens and you can see the following interface:

The default columns are not all. You can go to View > Select Columns to make some changes according to your needs.

How Does Process Explorer Work to Fix Problems?

Process Explorer can track down problems. For example, you can use it to list or search for named resources that are held by a process or all processes, tracking down what is holding a file open and preventing its use by another program.

This task manager can also show the command lines that are used to start a program. However, this column is not displayed by default. You need to go to View > Select Columns > Process Image to select Command Line to make it to be displayed.

Like Windows Task Manager, Process Explorer also shows the usage of the CPU. But it can also show more useful information like the process start time, CPU history, CPU time, and more.

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Step 1: Download and install MiniTool Power Data Recovery on your PC. You should not download and install it to the folder where the missing files were saved to prevent data from being overwritten.

Step 2: Launch the software.

Step 3: Hove over the drive you want to recover data from. Then click the Scan button to start scanning that drive.

Step 4: After scanning, you can find and choose your needed files to recover.

Bottom Line

Now, you should know what is Process Explorer and where to download it for further use. Also, you know MiniTool Power Data Recovery is a tool to help you get your lost and deleted files back. If you encounter issues related to MiniTool software, you can contact for help.

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