Process Monitor

Process Monitor (ProcMon) is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that displays real-time file system, registry and process/thread activity. First of all, the program monitors the access of processes to the hard disk and to the system registry. Microsoft is now positioning this small program as a replacement for two well-known tools, Regmon and Filemon, which are no longer supported. Process Monitor combines the functionality of these two products, and at the same time brings new features. So, for example, we now have non-destructive filters, more complete information about processes (session ID, user name, command line, etc.), thread stacks for each operation, boot-time logging, a process tree, etc. Captured events can be saved to a log file and opened later in another copy of Process Monitor. The rich possibilities of this free Sysinternals program make it a core tool for troubleshooting problems in the system or studying the behavior of a particular program.

The main benefit of using Process Monitor is its ability to provide comprehensive information on system process activities, aiding in system troubleshooting.