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I installed a Sysinternals' utility called Process Explorer.

I am not able to see the utility. Where do I need to go to run Process Explorer?

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  • How about making the title of your question a question?
    – scobi
    Oct 20, 2009 at 15:22
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    Are you saying you lost track of where you copied the procexp.exe to?
    – dlamblin
    Oct 20, 2009 at 15:31

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It doesn't get added to the Start Menu or Quick Launch. You need to run it from wherever you saved the executable. The .exe filename is procexp.exe, look for that and double-click it.

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    There is also a option in process explorer to replace task manager, then it launches when you hit c-a-d and select task manager. This is my preferred method.
    – Shial
    Oct 20, 2009 at 16:07
  • ctrl-shift-esc for a one-stop task mgr launch. Oct 20, 2009 at 16:56
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Most Windows system administrators have a directory called C:\bin which houses all the useful tools that one needs, like Process Explorer, Far Manager, grep, 7-Zip, ... And then that is added to the environment variables. Then you can launch anything you use regularly using windows + R and typing the name of the executable.

To edit the environment variables, go to StartControl PanelSystemAdvancedEnvironment Variables.

OR just use windows + pause/break to open system properties.

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  • To clarify, need to add a C:\bin entry to the PATH environment variable.
    – RoG
    Dec 1, 2020 at 13:58
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The best way to run Sysinternals tools, I find, is to use the "Live" website, i.e. http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe

This way you don't have to download/install it on any computer.

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  • This assumes your computer has unfettered access to the live.sysinternals.com webserver. On a server placed in the DMZ, this is very likely not true. Feb 13, 2023 at 18:37

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