Use the Process Explorer, Performance Monitor and Resource Monitor, and try to troubleshoot the problem manually. Want to know about these processes, files or file types?

Process Explorer, part of the Sysinternals Suite, is a powerful alternative to Windows Task Manager. It provides detailed system monitoring, advanced troubleshooting tools, and deeper insights ...

Process Explorer is a super-powerful, free alternative to Task Manager, from Microsoft.

Wh show you how to identify the process that is holding or locking up a file on Windows 11/10 using command-line, ResMon, Process Explorer or freeware.

In Process Explorer, double-click the suspicious process, then click the 'TCP/IP' tab. To convert the IP addresses listed into DNS names, ensure that the 'Resolve Addresses' tick box is selected.

Command Line arguments screen in Process Explorer Using the information shown in these columns, you can now determine what arguments the various processes were started with and diagnose the ...

Process Explorer should be running and minimized, and you should have the device name of your webcam copied to your clipboard. Here's how to put everything together and see which app is using your ...

I skimmed the surface with a couple blog postings in 2008 (Using Process Explorer to tame svchost.exe and Process Explorer, Part 2) and won’t attempt to sell you on the software here.

If you must delete or take different actions with a locked file, there are at least two methods you can use to unlock it, including using Microsoft's Process Explorer tool and Safe Mode. In this ...