Saturday, January 27, 2007

How to Set Windows Vista Task Manager to Show File Name of Running Process

Windows Vista has the ability to show the file name of a running process through the Task Manager. How many times have you seen a process in Task Manager but couldn’t figure out where on earth it was located? This ability isn’t turned on by default, but it’s simple enough to do.
To start task manager:
Right click on the taskbar and choose task manager.
Select the View menu and Select Columns.
Select the Image Path Name checkbox in the list.
Now you should see the file name in the list of running processes.
For process that does not show an image path name it's because they are running from the windows' directory, or somewhere in the system path.

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