The logged events can be used to troubleshoot problems in that application which is showing signs of Logging the file, process, registry and network events of an application can reveal detailed information of what the process is doing in the system. It is a very powerful tool which can very useful in logging process activities. When you launch Process Monitor it immediately starts monitoring three classes of operation: file system, Registry and process. Including the Load and Unload Device Drivers privilege. The best way to become familiar with Process Monitor's features is to read through the help file and then visit each of its menu items and options on a live system.īecause it loads a kernel driver, Procmon requires administrative rights to capture events,
Detail tooltip allows convenient access to formatted data that doesn't fit in the column. Process tooltip for easy viewing of process image information. Native log format preserves all data for loading in a different Process Monitor instance. Process tree tool shows relationship of all processes referenced in a trace. Advanced logging architecture scales to tens of millions of captured events and gigabytes of log data. Filters can be set for any data field, including fields not configured as columns. Configurable and moveable columns for any event property. Reliable capture of process details, including image path, command line, user and session ID. Capture of thread stacks for each operation make it possible in many cases to identify the root cause of an operation. Non-destructive filters allow you to set filters without losing data. More data captured for operation input and output parameters. Process Monitor includes powerful monitoring and filtering capabilities, including: Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.