Process Explorer for Windows

Sysinternals · Free

Process Explorer is an advanced system utility for Windows developed by Sysinternals (Microsoft). It provides detailed real-time monitoring of running processes, displaying the active handles and loaded DLLs for each program.

Download for Windows

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✓ Official source (winget)
✓ SHA256 taken from the official repository
✓ Last checked: Nov. 4, 2026
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Version: 17.2
Release date: Oct. 15, 2026
License: Proprietary
Installer type: zip

Install from the command line

How do I use this?

Type Terminal in the Start menu and open it, paste the command (Ctrl+V or right-click) and press Enter. It uses winget, Windows' own package manager, to install the program from its official source.

winget install --id Microsoft.Sysinternals.ProcessExplorer -e

SHA256 (file verification)

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How to install

Click the official download button on our site to get the archive file, or run 'winget install --id Microsoft.Sysinternals.ProcessExplorer -e' in PowerShell.
Extract the contents of the downloaded ZIP file to your preferred folder.
Run procexp.exe as administrator to launch the tool.

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