To stop running all the instances of the process in PowerShell Stop-Process command is used. For example, in the below example, we have two running instances of notepad.exe process.CommandPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process notepadOutputPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Process notepad Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName -------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------     228      13     3160      13448       0.14  15564   1 notepad     228      14     3148      13668       0.17  22644 ... Read More

To get the output in gridview format in PowerShell, you need to Pipeline the Out-GridView variable so the output will be in GUI format.CommandGet-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select -First 10 | Out-GridView -Title "Top 10 CPU usage processes"

To display only the first 5 processes you need to use –First parameter in the Select-Object pipeline statement. You can use multiple filter statements and later at last pipeline the –First command to display only a few results.CommandGet-Process | Select -First 5OutputHandles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName -------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------     498      26     9736      18624       2.27   6320   1 AcroRd32     624      51   112048 ... Read More

You can group the processes based on their properties. Here, we will group the processes based on their name, it would display how many instances of the process is running. Group-Object command is useful for it.CommandThe below command will group the object and sort the object based on their thread counts.Get-Process |Group-Object Name | Select Name, Count |Sort-Object count - DescendingOutputName                                                           Count ----                                                           ----- svchost                                                           91 chrome                                                            34 RuntimeBroker                                                     11 conhost                                                            6 Code                                                               6 WmiPrvSE                                                           6 dllhost                                                            4 RAVBg64                                                            4 powershell                                                         3 csrss                                                              2 fontdrvhost                                                        2 AcroRd32                                                           2 taskhostw                                                          2 SkypeBridge                                                        1 smartscreen                                                        1 smss                                                               1 sihost                                                             1 SkypeApp                                                           1 SkypeBackgroundHost                                                1 sppsvc                                                             1 StartMenuExperienceHost                                            1

To find the specific process using Get-Process cmdlet, you need to use the –Name parameter. You can use single and multiple process names.CommandGet-Process -Name AcroRd32, audiodgOutputHandles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 506 27 9888 19216 2.22 6320 1 AcroRd32 632 51 112196 17648 42.95 8052 1 AcroRd32 209 13 10344 17100 13.98 22748 0 audiodgYou can also achieve the same using Where-Object (alias: Where) command.Get-Process | Where{$_.Name -eq "AcroRd32"} But to get the multiple processes you need to use the –OR comparison operator.Get-Process | Where{($_.Name -eq "AcroRd32") -or ($_.Name -eq ... Read More

To sort the processes based on their various property names, Sort-Object command needs to pipeline and property name should be entered followed by it to the Get-Process cmdlet or WMI class or CIM instance.CommandTo sort the property based on the CPU usage.Get-Process | Sort-Object CPUOutputHandles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K)     CPU(s)     Id  SI ProcessName -------  ------    -----      -----     ------     --  -- -----------       0       0       60          8                 0 ... Read More

Get-Process shows the default properties only. To get all the properties of Get-Process, we need to pipeline Format-List * (fl *).Get-Process | Format-List *OutputName                       : AcroRd32 Id                         : 8052 PriorityClass              : Normal FileVersion                : 11.0.23.22 HandleCount                : 616 WorkingSet                 : 17453056 PagedMemorySize            : 114597888 ... Read More

To get all running processes on the remote computer, you need to use – ComputerNameparameter in Get-process cmdlet, WMI class Win32_Process or using the Get-CimInstance cmdlet.With –ComputerName parameterGet-process -ComputerName Test-PCTo connect multiple computers use computer names separated by comma (,).Get-process -ComputerName Test-PC, Win2k8 With WMI object to get processes on multiple remote computers.Get-WmiObject Win32_Process -ComputerName Test-PC, Win2k8Get-CimInstance cmdlet to get processes on remote computers.Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -ComputerName Test-PC, Win2k8

You can also display the running process on the computer using the Get- CimInstance command with the same class Win32_Process that the WMI object is using.CommandGet-CimInstance Win32_ProcessOutputProcessId Name                HandleCount WorkingSetSize VirtualSize --------- ----                ----------- -------------- ----------- 0         System Idle Process 0           8192           8192 4         System              6387        970752         5177344 96        Registry            0           76951552       173195264 568       smss.exe            53          495616         2203359674368 800       csrss.exe           883         4653056        2203416825856 896       csrss.exe           817         5349376        2203449389056 920       wininit.exe         156         4886528        2203387420672 956       winlogon.exe        264         9486336        2203423092736 8         services.exe        838         10129408       2203391979520 684       lsass.exe           1870        20848640       2203418796032

To get the running processes with a WMI object, you need to use class Win32_Process. With this method, you will get more properties than the Get-Process command.CommandGet-WmiObject –Class Win32_ProcessOutputGENUS                    : 2 __CLASS                    : Win32_Process __SUPERCLASS               : CIM_Process __DYNASTY                  : CIM_ManagedSystemElement __RELPATH                  : Win32_Process.Handle="0" __PROPERTY_COUNT           : 45 __DERIVATION               ... Read More