
Detail tooltip allows convenient access to formatted data that doesn't fit in the columna. Process tooltip for easy viewing of process image information. Native log format preserves all data for loading in a different Process Monitor instance. Process tree tool shows relationship of all processes referenced in a trace. Advanced logging architecture scales to tens of millions of captured events and gigabytes of log data. Filters can be set for any data field, including fields not configured as columns. Configurable and moveable columns for any event property. Reliable capture of process details, including image path, command line, user and session ID. Capture of thread stacks for each operation make it possible in many cases to identify the root cause of an operation. Non-destructive filters allow you to set filters without losing data.
More data captured for operation input and output parameters. Monitoring of image (DLL and kernel-mode device driver) loads. Monitoring of process and thread startup and exit, including exit status codes. Process Monitor's user interface and options are similar to those of Filemon and Regmon, but it was written from the ground up and includes numerous significant enhancements, such as: Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.
It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. For those who are looking for more features like knowing if a process is safe or not and a better way to kill processes would be better to use another task manager like Auslogics Task Manager.Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It also doesn't do as good of a job at killing processes that some of the other alternatives do.Process Explorer is best for those who want a basic task manager replacement without wanting to install another piece of software on their computers.
The only complaints I have with Process Explorer is it doesn't show you which processes are safe and which aren't. It also doesn't need to be installed to replace the task manager like the others do. It doesn't have all the features some of t he other task manager alternatives have but it has the basic features most need. Process Explorer is a good free basic task manager replacement.