Posts Tagged “Process Monitor”

What Is It?

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A utility that monitors the files accessed by any specified process or program. For the selected process it provides the filename and extension, last handle, last error, Opening module and address, the number of times that the file was opened and closed, number of read/write calls, total number of read/write bytes, the dll that made the last open-file call.

Why Would You Want It?

Ever wondered why a particular process is reading or writing to files so often or wondered what all the disk activity is about. Using Windows Task Manager and selecting the Read, Write and Other columns will show the overall activity but not which files or where they are located. This utility allows you to find out this information quickly and easily.

What Does It Do - The Essentials?

Summary:

  • Provides details of files accessed by a selected process

Pros: What’s Good?

Features & Benefits

  • Freeware

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Popularity: 26% [?]

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What Is It?

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WatchDOG monitors active processes and performs a restart of that process if it is stopped or alternatively starts a different process.

Why Would You Want It?

Have you ever wished you could automatically restart an application if it crashes or is accidentally closed? Or have you ever needed to start a process when another finishes. WatchDOG is a small application that will do this for you in a simple, convenient and user friendly way.

What Does It Do - The Essentials?

Summary:

  • Monitors all active programs/processes
  • Starts a defined process when another stops OR
  • Restarts the stopped process

Pros: What’s Good?

  • Freeware

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Popularity: 36% [?]

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