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Downloads:

1,614,766

Downloads of v 17.6.0:

68,709

Last Update:

28 May 2024

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Mark Russinovich

Tags:

procexp tools sysinternals proccesses handles dlls

Process Explorer

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17.6.0 | Updated: 28 May 2024

Downloads:

1,614,766

Downloads of v 17.6.0:

68,709

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Mark Russinovich

Process Explorer 17.6.0

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Mark Russinovich. The inclusion of Mark Russinovich trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Mark Russinovich goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

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Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Process Explorer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Process Explorer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Process Explorer, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade procexp -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade procexp -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install procexp
  win_chocolatey:
    name: procexp
    version: '17.6.0'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'procexp' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '17.6.0'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller procexp
{
    Name     = "procexp"
    Version  = "17.6.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'procexp':
  ensure   => '17.6.0',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

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Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 04 Dec 2024.

Description

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$toolsDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

# *** Automatically filled ***
$packageArgs = @{
    packageName    = 'procexp'
    url            = 'https://download.sysinternals.com/files/ProcessExplorer.zip'
    unzipLocation  = $toolsDir
    checksum       = '54336cd4f4608903b1f89a43ca88f65c2f209f4512a5201cebd2b38ddc855f24'
    checksumType   = 'sha256'
    validExitCodes = @(0)
}
# *** Automatically filled ***

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs

@('procexp', 'procexp64') | ForEach-Object {
    New-Item "$toolsDir\$_.exe.gui" -Type File -Force | Out-Null
}

$registryPath = 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Sysinternals\Process Explorer'
if (!(Test-Path $registryPath)) {
    New-Item $registryPath -Force | Out-Null
}
New-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name 'EulaAccepted' -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null

$shortcutPath = Join-Path $([Environment]::GetFolderPath([System.Environment+SpecialFolder]::CommonPrograms)) 'Process Explorer.lnk'
if (!(Test-Path $shortcutPath)) {
    $targetPath = if ([Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) { 'procexp64.exe' } else { 'procexp.exe' }
    Install-ChocolateyShortcut -ShortcutFilePath $shortcutPath -TargetPath "$toolsDir\$targetPath"
}
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$sysinternalsPath = 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Sysinternals'
$applicationName = 'Process Explorer'
if (Test-Path $sysinternalsPath) {
    if (@(Get-ItemProperty $sysinternalsPath).Count -eq 0 -and @(Get-ChildItem $sysinternalsPath -Exclude $applicationName).Count -eq 0) {
        Remove-Item $sysinternalsPath -Recurse -Force
    } elseif (Test-Path "$sysinternalsPath\$applicationName") {
        Remove-Item "$sysinternalsPath\$applicationName" -Recurse -Force
    }
}

$shortcutPath = Join-Path $([Environment]::GetFolderPath([System.Environment+SpecialFolder]::CommonPrograms)) 'Process Explorer.lnk'
if (Test-Path $shortcutPath) {
    Remove-Item $shortcutPath
}

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Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Process Explorer 17.5.0.20231021 60060 Saturday, October 21, 2023 Approved
Process Explorer 17.5.0 56952 Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Approved
Process Explorer 17.4 68971 Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Approved
Process Explorer 17.3 15321 Thursday, March 30, 2023 Approved
Process Explorer 17.2 73517 Friday, November 11, 2022 Approved
Process Explorer 17.1 13435 Thursday, November 3, 2022 Approved
Process Explorer 17.0 13864 Thursday, October 27, 2022 Approved
Process Explorer 16.43 115992 Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Approved
Process Explorer 16.42 34739 Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Approved
Process Explorer 16.41 11646 Thursday, May 27, 2021 Approved
Process Explorer 16.40 7206 Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Approved
Process Explorer 16.32.0.20210111 40489 Monday, January 11, 2021 Approved
Process Explorer 16.32.0.20200919 63268 Saturday, September 19, 2020 Approved
Process Explorer 16.32 58690 Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Approved
Process Explorer 16.31 43589 Thursday, December 19, 2019 Approved
Process Explorer 16.30.0.20190928 65430 Saturday, September 28, 2019 Approved
Process Explorer 16.30 14069 Friday, September 6, 2019 Approved
Process Explorer 16.26 26055 Saturday, June 29, 2019 Approved
Process Explorer 16.25 9218 Friday, June 14, 2019 Approved
Process Explorer 16.22 52486 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Approved

This package has no dependencies.

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