Subj : Re: Windows issues To : Digital Man From : Grymmjack Date : Mon Jun 13 2005 10:52 am Re: Re: Windows issues By: Digital Man to Finnigann on Sun Jun 12 2005 01:08 am > > It's hard to say what all is running as most are not visible to me > > unless I run the task manager. > > Or Process Explorer (from www.sysinternals.com). procexp.exe rules :) i love how i can close threads for open file handles and so on if they aren't closed (sometimes you cannot delete a file because there is some open handle to it in another program which has been closed, but for some reason the child thread still is zombified and wont release the handle). > Process Explorer shows the full path of the executable and it's pretty easy > look-up the filename on the 'net if you're not sure. There are also programs > like WinPatrol that do this kind of thing for you (tell what each process > you're running is, where it came from, if it's safe, etc.). process explorer is the most useful of the utilities i've tried as well.. it's really nice that it's freeware too. - grymmjack .