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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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