Process Hacker Portable 2.28 has been released. Process Hacker is an advanced task manager. This multi-purpose tool will assist you with debugging, malware detection and system monitoring. It includes powerful process termination, memory viewing/editing and other unique and specialized features. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can use it on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
Process Hacker has a simple, customizable tree view with highlighting showing you the processes running on your computer. It includes detailed system statistics with graphs. Advanced features not found in other programs, such as detaching from debuggers, viewing GDI handles, viewing heaps, injecting and unloading DLLs, and more are close at hand. Process Hacker also includes powerful process termination that bypasses rootkits. You can view, edit and control services, including those not shown by the Services console. You can also view and close network connections.
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PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
Process Hacker Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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Process Hacker Portable is available for immediate download from the Process Hacker Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Thanks Gord! Been waiting on
Thanks Gord! Been waiting on this one for a while.
replace task manager, very
replace task manager, very nice. Thanks
And...
And the old spydllremover as well.
YES
yes, but spydllremover has been discontinued.
Thanks Gord!
Thanks for working on Process Hacker, Gord. It's a great addition!
Thank you
I've just learned its existence thanks to you I and already love it. So many great options like colour highlighting and process signature check.
Thank you so much for your work and your choice of open source !
Thanks Gord
Thanks Gord for this great addition!
Just one little thing I notice that ProcessHackerPortable leaves behind a hidden temp folder in the temp directory "ProcessHackerPortableTemp"
Are you sure?
Are you sure it's actually closed? I just tested, and that folder isn't left behind on both my machine (Win 7 x64) and my testing VM (Win 7 x32).
Cleaned up successfully on my
Cleaned up successfully on my WinXP machine, also.
here is a screenshot with the
here is a screenshot with the hidden folder. This is the first time I see any portable app create a hidden folder in the temp folder.
Manually delete
If you manually delete the folder, does the folder come back again when you run & exit Process Hacker Portable?
Yes, unfortunately it does
Yes, unfortunately it does come back.
bug report
Please make a bug report about this, so it can be tracked, and doesn't clog up the announcement. Include all info possible, not limited to: OS, full installation path, user rights, whether you're launching from the platform or not, etc.
An excellent replacement for Process Explorer
A very nice program, though there were two odd things with the PortableApps version which don't happen with the ordinary portable zip file version from the main web site:
1. On first startup I got an error pop-up saying a DLL was missing an entry point or something. A Google search said this was due to a feature only available in Vista, but the error message didn't explain this.
2. I put ProcessHackerPortable.exe in the Startup folder and left it running all the time so it only closed down with the system. Every time I restarted it I got an error from the PortableApps launcher (not the Process Hacker program itself) saying it had not closed down properly and I would have to restart it manually.
I have Thunderbird Portable running in exactly the same way, so this seems only to affect the Process Hacker launcher.
1. I received the same error.
1. I received the same error. First run was on Win XP. Haven't tried it yet on Win7.
2. That isn't a bug. All apps released here should do that if the launcher is killed prematurely (like when Windows is shutdown while the app is running). Thunderbird must be one of the few apps that can handle shutdown events properly, thus you haven't seen the clean up message on next run.
1. On XP, it's unable to load
1. On XP, it's unable to load ExtendedTools.dll (specified procedure not found) & asks if you want to disable the plugin.
Awesome addition, Gord! It immediately replaced Process Explorer. Got a similar app to replace Autoruns?