Process Monitor v3.61

By Mark Russinovich

Published: January 11, 2021

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Introduction

Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. 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 as 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. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.

Overview of Process Monitor Capabilities

Process Monitor includes powerful monitoring and filtering capabilities, including:

• More data captured for operation input and output parameters
• Non-destructive filters allow you to set filters without losing data
• Capture of thread stacks for each operation make it possible in many cases to identify the root cause of an operation
• Reliable capture of process details, including image path, command line, user and session ID
• Configurable and moveable columns for any event property
• Filters can be set for any data field, including fields not configured as columns
• Advanced logging architecture scales to tens of millions of captured events and gigabytes of log data
• Process tree tool shows relationship of all processes referenced in a trace
• Native log format preserves all data for loading in a different Process Monitor instance
• Process tooltip for easy viewing of process image information
• Detail tooltip allows convenient access to formatted data that doesn’t fit in the column
• Cancellable search
• Boot time logging of all operations

The best way to become familiar with Process Monitor’s features is to read through the help file and then visit each of its menu items and options on a live system.

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Related Links

• Windows Internals Book
  The official updates and errata page for the definitive book on Windows internals, by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon.
• Windows Sysinternals Administrator’s Reference
  The official guide to the Sysinternals utilities by Mark Russinovich and Aaron Margosis, including descriptions of all the tools, their features, how to use them for troubleshooting, and example real-world cases of their use.

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Runs on:

• Client: Windows Vista and higher.
• Server: Windows Server 2008 and higher.

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Top Process Monitor overview

Version 10.6 released at 02/07/2021

This comprehensive Windows 10 gadget is designed to track the most resource-intensive processes in the operating system. It help you to know how and which programs or processes on your computer utilize most of all in real time. You can also check your current CPU level and the total number of threads included.

Gadget is user-friendly even for inexperienced users. Top Process Monitor comes with several configurable settings. So, you can select the to processes mode between CPU, memory (Working Set), PageFiles, Virtual Memory, IO (Bytes read/written), read, write, total read and total write. Also you can make cycle through all the aforementioned modes on click. Besides you can as well as establish the double-click action (Task Manager, Resource Monitor, Performance Monitor, or none).

Very useful customize option is a color identifier heavy used memory processes. On top of that, gadget can inform you if it working under one of most popular virtual machine.

Top Process monitor does not put a strain on the computer, as it uses a low amount of CPU and system memory. Aside from the fact that it looks simple and cute, you can be sure that this Windows 10 gadget can give you what you need. Top Process Monitor works on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Top Process Monitor features explained:

Special features

1. Click on icon for cycle between processes (you must setup processes in settings first)
2. Hover mouse to any process shows some additional information (ProcessID, priority, number of threads, path)
3. Double click on background show Task Manager, Resource Monitor or Performance Monitor

Show changelog

Version 10.6 — Changed main gadget’s icon. (Released at 02/07/2021).

Version 10.5 — Updated French translation by LogoLargo. (Released at 08/19/2020).

Version 10.4 — Overhauled code. (Released at 05/24/2020).

Version 10.3 — Correctly processed error associated with the inability to correctly read processes from WMI. (Released at 12/28/2019).

Version 10.2 — Fixed (I hope) wrong output when appear under Windows 10 May update and above. (Released at 11/24/2019).

Version 10.1 — Changed calculated output value procedure. (Released at 11/03/2019).

Version 10.0 — Correctly processed error ‘Call cancelled’ that appear under Windows 10 May update. (Released at 10/14/2019).

Version 9.9 — Correctly processed error ‘Quota violation’ that appear under Windows 10 May update. (Released at 10/14/2019).

Version 9.8 — You can run more than one instance of the gadget with own individual settings. (Released at 10/07/2019).

Version 9.7 — Fixed bug with not saving refresh rate. (Released at 08/27/2019).

Version 9.6 — Improved usability. (Released at 08/26/2019).

Version 9.5 — Fixed bug with autoscale DPI under Windows 10. (Released at 08/13/2019).

Version 9.4 — Improved work with languages in settings. (Released at 04/02/2019).

Version 9.3 — Minor changes. (Released at 07/14/2018).

Version 9.2 — Dramatically improved CPU usage calculation algorithm. Fixed bug in settings. (Released at 01/20/2018).

Version 9.1 — Reorganized settings. Improved code. Added new settings tab «Cycle». Update French translation by Pascal Legendre. Cosmetic changes. (Released at 12/21/2017).

Version 9.0 — Allow combine similar processes (#2 settings tab). (Released at 12/12/2017).

Version 8.2 — Improved code. Fixed bug in settings. (Released at 12/04/2017).

Version 8.1 — Improved usability. Improved code. (Released at 09/10/2017).

Version 8.0 — Fixed bug. (Released at 06/03/2017).

Version 7.8 — Improved settings usability.

Version 7.7 — Overhauled HTML. Added Dutch translation by Marcel Keiman (The Rambler).

Version 7.5 — Improved code. Fixed bugs.

Version 7.4 — Update German translation by Jörg Bornwasser.

Version 7.3 — Added Belorussian translation by Kanstantsin Melnikau.

Version 7.2 — Fixed Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 7.1 — Fixed Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka.

Version 7.0 — Determine work under VMware, VirtualBox and Hyper-V.

Version 6.9 — In additional information show path to process.

Version 6.8 — Change update notifier algorithm.

Version 6.7 — Added Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka.

Version 6.6 — Improved code. Added new setting (#2 tab).

Version 6.5 — Added Czech translation by Jiří Škorpil.

Version 6.4 — Added Hindi translation by Raunak Dutta.

Version 6.3 — Added Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 6.2 — Added Slovak translation by Ivan Očadlík.

Version 6.1 — Added total memory usage.

Version 6.0 — Added Italian translation by Carlo Adami.

Version 5.9 — Improved interface.

Version 5.8 — Fixed Indonesian translation by elda taluta.

Version 5.7 — Fixed wrong output threads.

Version 5.6 — Added Indonesian translation by elda taluta.

Version 5.5 — Added broken WMI determining procedure.

Version 5.4 — Determine enable or disable performance counters.

Version 5.3 — Added Catalonian translation by Jordi Bartrina.

Version 5.2 — Change cores usage calculation algorithm.

Version 5.1 — Added Autoscale DPI option (#1 settings tab).

Version 5.0 — Fixed bug.

Version 4.9 — Improved code.

Version 4.8 — Added French translation by Pascal Legendre.

Version 4.7 — Click on «CPU processes» string — copy processes list to buffer (for CPU processes only).

Version 4.6 — Added total CPU usage.

Version 4.5 — Added Macedonian translation by Vasil F. Bachovski.

Version 4.4 — Added German translation by Jonas Bauer.

Version 4.3 — Added Spanish translation by Diego Manuel Vazquez.

Version 4.2 — Added Brazilian Portuguese translation by Rafael «R4to0» Maciel Alves.

Version 4.1 — Added Turkish translation by Celal Osmanbas.

Version 4.0 — Added Ukrainian and Russian languages.

Version 3.7 — Fixed bugs.

Version 3.6 — Fixed bug.

Version 3.5 — Added custom double-click action.

Version 3.4 — Added custom refresh rate (1-999 sec).

Version 3.3 — Improved code.

Version 3.2 — Fixed bugs.

Version 3.1 — Unlimited processes to show.

Version 3.0 — Added update notifier. Improved interface.

Version 2.9 — Improved interface.

Version 2.8 — Hover mouse to any process shows some additional information (ProcessID, priority, number of threads).

Version 2.7 — Added total processes/threads info.

Version 2.6 — Fixed bugs.

Version 2.5 — Improved code.

Version 2.4 — Allow hide «Title» and «Copyright».

Version 2.3 — Fixed bugs.

Version 2.2 — Improved Cycle processes procedure.

Version 2.1 — Changed order in processes list (by request).

Version 2.0 — Fixed bugs in «Read» and «Write» sections. Added «Total read» and «Total write» sections.

Version 1.3 — New futures added.

Version 1.2 — Fixed bugs: wrong value in PageFile sections.

Top Process Monitor

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specifications

Display the top most used processes on your system by turning to this lightweight gadget that lets you adjust some of its settings

What’s new in Top Process Monitor 10.5:

• Updated French translation by LogoLargo.

Read the full changelog

Top Process Monitor is a tiny gadget that allows you to view the processes which are using most of your CPU, memory and critical components of your system. It can be easily installed and configured, even by less experienced users.

Choose the process mode of interest

The interface of the app is based on a small frame that you can move to any position on the screen. So, you can check out the current CPU level, along with the applications and the total number of included threads.

Top Process Monitor comes with several configurable settings. So, you can change the processes mode between CPU, memory, PageFiles, Virtual Memory, I/O, read, write, total read and total write.

Set topmost priority, opacity, and position

But you can also adjust the size of the frame or make Top Process Monitor automatically do that, set the refresh rate and number of processes to show, as well as establish the double-click action (Task Manager, Resource Monitor, Performance Monitor, or none).

On top of that, you can make Top Process Monitor cycle through all the aforementioned modes on click, display a warning if the resources usage is above a certain level, customize frame colors, switch to a different language for the UI, as well as restore all settings to their default values.

A few last words

The simple-to-use program does not put a strain on the computer, as it uses a low amount of CPU and system memory. It has a good response time and didn’t freeze, crash or pop up errors during our testing. Thanks to its wide range of customization features, skilled users can definitely get a kick out of Top Process Monitor.

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