{"id":2998,"date":"2017-03-02T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2017-03-02T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T14:00:10","slug":"find-process-task-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/alwaysup\/find-process-task-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I Find my AlwaysUp Application in Task Manager?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you use AlwaysUp to launch your mission-critical application as a Windows Service, your program will likely run invisibly in the background (on the isolated Session 0<\/a>). No windows or familiar tray icon will appear on your desktop — which can make it tricky to confirm that your application is truly running!<\/p>\n

Fortunately the Windows Task Manager<\/a>, which lists every application running on your computer, can come to the rescue. Follow these steps to find your application in Task Manager.<\/p>\n

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    Find your Application’s PID in AlwaysUp<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Each application that is running on your computer is backed by a “process”. And each process has a numeric identifier — a process ID, or PID for short.<\/p>\n

    To find the PID of the application that AlwaysUp has started, simply click the green “Running” circle to summon a helpful tooltip with the PID (and several other relevant tidbits):
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    \n\"Find<\/a><\/p>\n

    Make note of the PID. It is 4728 in the screenshot above, which shows an installation running Dropbox as a service on Windows 10.\n<\/li>\n

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    Find that PID in Task Manager<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Next, let’s locate the process in Task Manager.<\/p>\n

    Please:<\/p>\n

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    1. \n

      Start Task Manager by right-clicking on the Windows task bar and selecting Task Manager<\/b> from the context menu:
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      \n\"Start<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      If you see More details<\/b> in the lower left of the window that comes up, click that text to reveal additional tabs:
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      \n\"Task<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. \n

      Switch to the Details<\/b> tab:
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      \n\"Task<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. \n

      Note: We’re running on Windows 10, which lists all processes by default. If you are running on an older version — like Windows 7 or Server 2008 — you may have to click the Show processes from all users button<\/b> (or checkbox) in the lower left to ensure that you see everything running on your PC:
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      \n\"Task<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. \n

      Click on the PID column to sort. Then simply scroll to find your identifier from step one.<\/p>\n

      Here we’ve located our PID 4728, the instance of Dropbox started by AlwaysUp:
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      \n\"Task<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n

      Enjoy!<\/p>\n