Process Explorer v.17.06 finally patches issues that prevent app windows from being displayed

Microsoft’s Process Explorer, its free task manager app, is getting an important update. The popular tool has newly launched its recent version, v.17.06, and it includes a few interesting changes here and there.

As noted from the Redmond company’s official changelog, Process Explorer finally fixes this one annoying issue that’s been plaguing users for a while. When they tried to open the application, the window would not be displayed due to this issue.

If you’re not familiar, Process Explorer goes beyond the original Task Manager. It shows which handles and DLLs processes have open, helping to find DLL problems and handle leaks. It displays active processes and, depending on the mode, either the handles or DLLs for a selected process.

It also has a powerful search to quickly find processes with specific handles or DLLs. But, unlike Task Manager, Process Explorer shows which thread is using the CPU and its call stack.

Microsoft also says that this update improves the process of suspending and resuming menu items. So, if you’re a dev or system administrator who needs to debug software or system problems, this update makes Process Explorer even more useful.

You can download the latest Process Explorer v. 17.06 here (disclaimer: it automatically opens a new tab and downloads).

Besides, if you’re a Linux user, Microsoft also launched the v.3.3. of its popular command-line tool, ProcDump for Linux. It now improves everything related to containerized workflows, and you can check it out on GitHub.