How to print the list of running processes in Windows

One of our readers asked us: “How do you print the list of running processes from the Task Manager?”. The answer is… you can’t do this from the Task Manager , not even in Windows 10. In order to print such a list, you need to use the Command Prompt or PowerShell and run some commands to generate the list of running process and then you can print it just like you would print a document. Let’s see how it all works:

NOTE: This guide works in Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.

How to print the list of running processes from the Command Prompt

Start the Command Prompt and use the following command: tasklist > “path to file”. The tasklist command displays a list of applications and services for all tasks running on your Windows computer. The parameter used specifies the text file where this list is saved. I wanted to save the list in a file named processes.txt , on my D drive, so I typed: tasklist > “D:processes.txt”. When choosing the path where you want to save the file, make sure it is a place where your user account has access.

If you need some help with opening the Command Prompt , read this guide: 7 Ways To Launch The Command Prompt In Windows.

When you open the output file in Notepad , you see it formatted as shown in the screenshot below. The data is placed in a table with the following columns: Image Name , PID (Process ID), Session Name , Session# (# stands for Number) and Mem Usage (Memory Usage).

Obviously, this command has parameters you can use to format its output. Complete documentation can be found on Microsoft’s TechNet website here: Tasklist. Don’t hesitate to read it and experiment on your own.

How to print the list of running processes from PowerShell

PowerShell is a more complex command-line tool that allows for more customization of its output. The basic command to use is: get-process or gps (its short version).

To send its output to a text file, you need to write get-process | out-file “path to file” or gps | out-file “path to file”. I wanted to save the list in a file named process.txt , on my D drive, so I typed: get-process | out-file “D:process.txt”. You can see this command as well as its short-version alternative, type in the PowerShell window below. When choosing the path to where you want to save the file, make sure that it is a place where your user account has access.

If you need help starting PowerShell , don’t hesitate to read this article: What is PowerShell & What can you do with it?.

The output text file is formatted as shown below and it includes the following columns:

• Handles – The number of handles that the process has opened.
• NPM(K) – The amount of non-paged memory that the process is using, in kilobytes.
• PM(K) – The amount of pageable memory that the process is using, in kilobytes.
• WS(K) – The size of the working set of the process, in kilobytes. The working set consists of the pages of memory that were recently referenced by the process.
• CPU(s) – The amount of processor time that the process has used on all processors, in seconds.
• Id – The process ID (PID) of the process that is running.
• SI – unfortunately we couldn’t find any documentation for this column and the data it shares.
• ProcessName – The name of the process that is running.

As you can see, the output is more complex than when using the Command Prompt. Also, there are plenty more options to customize the output. I recommend that you read the following documentation: Get-Process (Get a list of processes running on a machine), Out-File (Send output to a file) and Out-Printer (Send output to a printer).

Conclusion

We hope that you found this tutorial useful. If you know other methods for printing a list of the processes that are running in Windows, don’t hesitate to share them using the comments form below.

get all running processes info using QProcess

few days ago i asked about how to get all running processes in the system using QProcess. i found a command line that can output all processes to a file:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wmic.exe» /OUTPUT:C:\ProcessList.txt PROCESS get Caption

this will create C:\ProcessList.txt file contains all running processes in the system. i wonder how can i run it using QProcess and take its output to a variable.

it seems every time i try to run it and read nothing happens:

i prefer not to create process.txt at all and to take all the output to a variable.

2 Answers 2

You can run wmic.exe with «/OUTPUT:STDOUT» switch to print the process info directly to stdout. However, I was unable to read this info through QProcess API and save it in variable. Here’s the code I used:

This code successfully captures output of «cmd.exe /C echo test», but doesn’t work on wmic.exe. It seems that process wmic.exe is never finished, and I suppose it’s stdout is never flushed so you don’t receive anything throught QProcess::readAll().

That’s all help I can give you. Maybe you, or some other SO user will find bug in the snippet above.

Try this it will work well.

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tasklist tasklist

Отображает список запущенных в данный момент процессов на локальном или удаленном компьютере. Displays a list of currently running processes on the local computer or on a remote computer. Tasklist заменяет средство TList . Tasklist replaces the tlist tool.

Эта команда заменяет средство TList . This command replaces the tlist tool.

Синтаксис Syntax

Параметры Parameters

Параметр Parameter	Описание Description
ключ /s	Указывает имя или IP-адрес удаленного компьютера (не используйте символы обратной косой черты). Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer (do not use backslashes). По умолчанию это локальный компьютер. The default is the local computer.
/u \ /u \	Выполняет команду с разрешениями учетной записи пользователя, заданного или пользователем \ . Runs the command with the account permissions of the user who is specified by or by \ . Параметр /u может быть указан только в том случае, если задано также значение /s . The /u parameter can be specified only if /s is also specified. По умолчанию заданы разрешения пользователя, который в данный момент вошел в систему компьютера, выполняющего команду. The default is the permissions of the user who is currently logged on to the computer that is issuing the command.
/p

Указывает пароль учетной записи пользователя, указанной в параметре /u . Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter. /m /m Список всех задач с загруженными модулями DLL, которые соответствуют заданному имени шаблона. Lists all tasks with DLL modules loaded that match the given pattern name. Если имя модуля не указано, в этом параметре отображаются все модули, загруженные каждой задачей. If the module name is not specified, this option displays all modules loaded by each task. SVC svc Список всех сведений о службе для каждого процесса без усечения. Lists all the service information for each process without truncation. Допустим, если для параметра /FO задано значение Table. Valid when the /fo parameter is set to table. /v /v Отображает подробные сведения о задаче в выходных данных. Displays verbose task information in the output. Для получения подробных выходных данных без усечения используйте /v и /SVC вместе. For complete verbose output without truncation, use /v and /svc together. #b1

/fo

Указывает формат, используемый для выходных данных. Specifies the format to use for the output. Допустимые значения: Table, List и CSV. Valid values are table, list, and csv. Формат выходных данных по умолчанию — Table. The default format for output is table.
использован /nh	Подавляет вывод заголовков столбцов в выходных данных. Suppresses column headers in the output. Допустим, если для параметра /FO задано значение Table или CSV. Valid when the /fo parameter is set to table or csv.
/Fi /fi	Указывает типы процессов, включаемых в запрос или исключаемых из него. Specifies the types of processes to include in or exclude from the query. Можно использовать более одного фильтра или использовать подстановочный знак ( \ ) для указания всех задач или имен изображений. You can use more than one filter or use the wildcard character ( \ ) to specify all tasks or image names. Допустимые фильтры перечислены в разделе имена фильтров, операторы и значения этой статьи. The valid filters are listed in the Filter names, operators, and values section of this article.
/? /?	Отображение справки в командной строке. Displays help at the command prompt.

Имена фильтров, операторы и значения Filter names, operators, and values

Имя фильтра Filter Name	Допустимые операторы Valid Operators	Допустимые значения Valid Value(s)
Состояние STATUS	eq, ne eq, ne	RUNNING | NOT RESPONDING | UNKNOWN . RUNNING | NOT RESPONDING | UNKNOWN . Этот фильтр не поддерживается, если указана удаленная система. This filter isn’t supported if you specify a remote system.
IMAGENAME IMAGENAME	eq, ne eq, ne	Имя образа Image name
ИД процесса PID	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Значение PID PID value
SESSION SESSION	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Номер сеанса Session number
SESSIONNAME SESSIONNAME	eq, ne eq, ne	Имя сеанса Session name
CPUtime CPUtime	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Время ЦП в формате чч: мм: СС, где mm и SS находятся в диапазоне от 0 до 59, а чч — любое число без знака CPU time in the format HH:MM:SS, where MM and SS are between 0 and 59 and HH is any unsigned number
мемусаже MEMUSAGE	eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le eq, ne, gt, lt, ge, le	Использование памяти в КБ Memory usage in KB
USERNAME USERNAME	eq, ne eq, ne	Любое допустимое имя пользователя ( или ) Any valid user name ( or )
Обслуживание SERVICES	eq, ne eq, ne	Имя службы Service name
WINDOWTITLE WINDOWTITLE	eq, ne eq, ne	Заголовок окна. Window title. Этот фильтр не поддерживается, если указана удаленная система. This filter isn’t supported if you specify a remote system.
МОДУЛЕ MODULES	eq, ne eq, ne	Имя DLL DLL name

Примеры Examples

Чтобы получить список всех задач с идентификатором процесса, превышающим 1000, и отобразить их в формате CSV, введите: To list all tasks with a process ID greater than 1000, and display them in csv format, type:

Чтобы получить список системных процессов, выполняемых в данный момент, введите: To list the system processes that are currently running, type:

Чтобы вывести подробные сведения обо всех выполняющихся процессах, введите: To list detailed information for all processes that are currently running, type:

Чтобы получить список всех сведений о службе для процессов на удаленном компьютере срвмаин с именем DLL, начинающимся с NTDLL, введите: To list all the service information for processes on the remote computer srvmain, which has a DLL name beginning with ntdll, type:

Чтобы получить список процессов на удаленном компьютере срвмаин, используя учетные данные текущей учетной записи пользователя, выполнившего вход в систему, введите: To list the processes on the remote computer srvmain, using the credentials of your currently logged-on user account, type:

Чтобы получить список процессов на удаленном компьютере срвмаин, используя учетные данные хироплн учетной записи пользователя, введите: To list the processes on the remote computer srvmain, using the credentials of the user account Hiropln, type:

How To: Generate Text File List Of Running Processes In Windows

Last Updated on April 23, 2017 by admin 3 Comments

This is a handy tweak if you want to take a print copy of running processes in your Windows 10, Windows 8 or Windows 7 operating system for any reason. You can use this tweak if your Task Manager is not accessible as well. Generally, we can view the list of running processes with memory usage and PID in the Task Manager where we can also kill any task/process instantly.

In this guide we generate a copy of the running processes with PID and memory usage. This will come in handy when Windows Task Manger is not opening due to virus infections. You can also check the services in this method so that you can get a fair idea about the background activity of your Windows system.

This trick should work on Windows XP as well, though we are not sure about it since we have not rested this on XP. We need to use Command Prompt to make this happen.

Text file of all running processes in Windows 7/8/10

Step 1: Open command prompt with admin rights. That is, type in cmd either in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl + Shift +Enter.

Step 2: Click continue if you get User Account Control (UAC) Prompt.

Step 3: Here, first type the command tasklist and hit enter to see the list of running processes.

Step 4: If you can see the running processes then type another command tasklist>c:\list.txt which gives you the output as list.txt file in “c” drive. Note that you can change the drive letter “c” and also the output file name(list).

Step 5: Type exit and go back to your “C” drive were your copy is available.