TaskExplorer is an advanced system monitoring tool that goes beyond traditional task managers. Rather than simply showing which applications are running, TaskExplorer provides comprehensive insights into what these applications are doing on your system. The interface is designed for efficiency and real-time monitoring, displaying crucial information in easily accessible panels without requiring multiple clicks or navigating through nested windows.
One of TaskExplorer’s key strengths is its ability to display detailed information in the lower panel when you select specific entries, allowing you to browse through data using arrow keys. Most importantly, the information refreshes continuously, enabling you to observe value changes in real time for enhanced system understanding.
On Windows systems, TaskExplorer is powered by the ProcessHacker library, ensuring reliable performance and accurate data collection.
TaskExplorer Features
Process Monitoring and Management
- Thread Panel: Provides stack traces for selected threads, offering invaluable insight for debugging deadlocks or performance issues
- Memory Panel: Features an advanced memory editor with string search capabilities for viewing and modifying process memory
- Handles Panel: Displays all open handles with critical information such as filenames, current file positions, and sizes, showing what programs are actively working on
- Socket Panel: Monitors all open connections with data rate information and optional ETW data display for UDP connections
Additional Process Tools
- Modules Panel: Shows all loaded DLLs and memory-mapped files with options to unload or inject DLLs
- Specialized Panels: Includes Token, Environment, Windows, GDI, .NET and more for comprehensive monitoring
- Multi-Process Viewing: Double-click any process to open Task Info panels in separate windows, enabling simultaneous monitoring of multiple processes
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System-Wide Monitoring
- Resource Graphs: The toolbar features adequately sized graphs for CPU usage, Objects, Handles, Network, and I/O/Disk access
- System Info Panels: View all open files, all open sockets, and control system services including drivers
- Performance Panels: Large detailed graphs for CPU, Memory, Disk I/O, Network, and GPU usage
- Flexible Interface: The system info panel can be collapsed completely or opened in a separate window to optimize the workspace
What’s new in the latest version
Added
- ARM64 driver support
- New translations for improved accessibility
Changed
- Updated code for Qt6 compatibility
- Greatly improved dark mode functionality
- Enhanced driver status information on startup
- Updated MiscHelpers.dll with improved finder
Fixed
- Resolved issue where closing System Info would also close TaskExplorer (#34)
- Fixed handle leak in thread stack panel
- Addressed performance issues on Windows 10
- Corrected problem where two instances would start when “Skip UAC” was enabled
License – Free
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Size – 40 MB