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Windows Sysinternals is a part of the Microsoft TechNet website which offers technical resources and utilities to manage, diagnose, troubleshoot, and monitor a Microsoft Windows environment.

The Sysinternals web site was created by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information.

The website featured several freeware tools that aid in the adminstration of local and remote Windows systems.

Sysinternals is now part of the Microsoft TechNet website.

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What is the recommended approach to solve outlook addin hanging?

I am having an outlook addin which is fairly stable and has been used for years. On a citrix machine environment, the addin is causing outlook to hang if it is left open. Logs are not helping much. How can I approach the problem if I can do the…
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Cancel movefile operation

I tried to schedule a movefile (using the sysinternals tool movefile) operation to delete "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Definition Updates\Backup" but I forgot the quotes and accidently scheduled C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows to move…
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Serial port blocked by none process

Have an issue managing a SerialPort on Windows 10. I need to plug in a serial device to the computer, it works properly most of the times, but in certains situations the port stops working, just refuses any new connection even when any process is…
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WinDbg find all C++ objects of type X on heap that do not use inheritance (no vftable)

I have a C++ application with debug symbols, and created a dump file of such application with all relevant gflags enabled: gflags /i xxx.exe +hpa gflags /i xxx.exe +ust Now, I have found from other questions (see here), that by first looking for a…
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Integrating SDelete into C++ Program

I am trying to securely clear out a directory using SDelete. I know that this is used from the Command line, but how I would I go about automatically clearing the directory from my C++ code, also using Qt if this has a built any built in functions.…
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Process Explorer not displaying the 32-bit stack for 32-bit processes on Win10 x64

If I use Process Explorer to view the call stacks of 32-bit processes on my 64-bit Windows 10 system, Process Explorer only shows the 64-bit (upper) part of the call stack and not the more interesting (lower) 32-bit part. For example, the call stack…
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Message box when I receive mail in outlook

I would like to make message pop-up in Autohotkey when there is new message in Outlook. I have tried to use ComObjActive("Outlook.Application") with no joy. Also documentation for COM objects is pretty vague on Autohotkey site. Message should be…
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Output of SysInternal's handle.exe

I'm using SysInternal's handle.exe and I'm trying to understand the output. Here's a snippet: 24C: File (RW-) C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\Dictionaries\en-US-8-0.bdic 2E8: Section …
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Determinig process having write locks on files using PowerShell

I need to write a PowerShell script to move a folder with large amount of files(around 1k to 10k) before attempting to move i want to check if there are any process having write locks in the file and should ask user confirmation to kill the process…
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listdll doesn't see assemblies loaded

I was pretty sure that the .NET runtime loads assemblies as ordinary dlls. But I found that when I connect "native" debugger to the managed process - I don't see the assemblies loaded. The same thing applies to Sysinternals tool - listdll. It sees…
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sysinternals commnad psfile hangs when using a local admin account from task scheduler

I can execute my batch from an administrative command window using my own id but trying to run it using a local admin account or another network account that's in the administrators group of the server and psfile hangs. So I'm wondering if there is…
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Prevent closing procexp on Esc key

procexp monitoring utility is closed when I press Esc key. Esc key is useful UI metaphor as it usually close unnecessary active dialogs. But it is distracting to close/exit from main application. Can I prevent closing procexp on Esc key?
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sysinternals help file not working

Using Windows 10 on recently downloaded sysinternals. Question Using File Explorer to start help files (*.chm) Eg procmon.chm. Help file loads but page contents blank The Contents, index and search options work but e.g. the Content detail is not…
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PsGetSID shows two usernames and one SID

We changed the logon name of a person in AD from 'name1' to 'name2'. We had problems with some sql boxes picking up the old 'name2' and using it to authenticate so in tracking down why I ran: psgetsid name1 and psgetsid name2 , both give me…
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PSExec - Remotely Run Windows Process Over Long Distance

I am currently using psexec.exe (link here PSExec Description) in order to remotely run various processes on a certain machine at my company's office. I currently have this remote access working just fine on my office's local area network. All I…
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