Monitoring and Managing Windows Processes

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The Process component gives you the ability to view and manage most Windows process tasks. These tasks include starting and stopping processes and retrieving process property information, such as memory and thread usage.

In This Section

• Introduction to Monitoring and Managing Windows Processes
  Provides an overview of the Process component and how you can use it to interact with system resources.

• Creating and Binding to Processes
  Provides a list of pages relating to creating Process components.

• Managing Processes
  Explains how to use Process components to manage existing processes on your computer, such as starting, stopping, and retrieving process information.

• Retrieving Information About Processes
  Describes how to retrieve process property information, such as memory and thread usage.

Related Sections

• Process class
  Provides syntax and related reference information about the Process component.

• Using System Monitoring Components
  Provides links to information about the PerformanceCounter, EventLog, and ServiceController components.

• Programming with Components
  Gives links to pages about working with components and authoring your own controls and components.

• Component Authoring Walkthroughs
  Provides a list of detailed walkthroughs related to component design and use.