Download Process Explorer

Windows 17.2

Install with winget: winget install --id Microsoft.Sysinternals.ProcessExplorer --exact Copy

Check a download: Get-FileHash .\<file> -Algorithm SHA256 (PowerShell) and compare it with the SHA-256 above.

What the installer does

Windows

• Delivered as a ZIP archive that is unpacked containing a portable program that runs without being installed for x64, x86, and ARM64.
• The manifest does not state an install scope.
• Declared install modes: interactive, silent, and silentWithProgress.
• Adds the command-line command procexp.
• Upgrades remove the previous version first.

Overview

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll 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.

Details

Official links

• Official website
• Support
• Sysinternals Blog
• Sysinternals Resources
• Sysinternals Utilities Index
• Troubleshooting with the Windows Sysinternals Tools
• Privacy policy

Verification & provenance

All Process Explorer versions

Windows versions

1 version listed. Open a version for its installers, checksums and a command that pins it.