
Process Explorer's two windows look like Task Manager's Window but with much more information.

Process Explorer will actually tell you which program is holding a file or directory open, so you can decide if you want the graphics file from Joe's Bait Shop's web site to be slowing down your computer. Svchost.exe is a generic file name for program files that are hosted on other machines. Visit Sysinternals at /en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx and download Process Explorer. Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006.

Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell created their site in 2006 to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. I may have six files named svchost.exe running (or hanging) at one time. When I run a lot of processes and one of them hangs, Task Manager just doesn't cut it for me.

Process Explorer: Major Benefits over Task Manager
