I recently noticed that there's a program which shows up on task-bar and disappears momentarily (No window shown). This happens periodically. I want to find out what process this is. Is there a way to get a list of previously executed processes in Windows 7?
2 Answers
How about this: Download Process Monitor from Microsoft and run it. Set up a filter that excludes everything that is currently running.
Then wait - once the new process pops up, it should appear in the monitoring list.
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Is there any way to see it without downloading an external software? Jun 16, 2014 at 18:41
Or you could use Process History, no filtering required
It's a free and portable process database.
It's a simple portable .zip download . There is a manual on how to use it on the download site.
As long as Process History is running, you can query processes that have ended via a GUI.
It will run on any version of Windows from 7.
( I am the author of this open source software )