Process Monitor program has been updated, which includes the features of the popular utilities Filemon and Regmon, previously released by Sysinternals. This company has recently been bought by Microsoft corporation.
Process Monitor monitors the system and displays all processes in real time. Using the program, you can see how Windows works, how applications use files and DLL s, you can also eliminate errors in the system files. The program can show all changes in files, notify of their removal or opening.
Process Monitor also has tools for monitoring the registry. It shows which applications apply to the register and, in particular, to what keys, what data they are trying to read or record.
Developer: Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Distribution: Free
Operating System: Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Vista
Size: 1 MB