Processes At Boot: Task List

WyattWhiteEagle · 16 May 2022

*UPDATE*

I found it...

Code:

tasklist /svc /fo list

I found it by entering the following into cmd and scrolling to the bottom and looking at the example's listed.

Code:

tasklist /? > C:\Users\Wyatt\Desktop\TasklistHelp.txt

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How might I see which processes are starting up at boot using cmd (admin)?

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Alright...
Out of 559 users who looked at my post...not 1 posted a reply.
So maybe I need to expand on what I'm looking for.

I had this command line saved on a flashdrive.
That flashdrive recently stopped working and I lost the command line.
A lot of people use it in some way or another.
I believe there are about 3 different displays of output of the same info.

It doesn't exactly lists the tasks that run a booting up.
That's just when I run the command.
It list the process tasks at the time of entering the command line into cmd.

The command line has the word "tasklist"

The cmd tasklist output shows a list of services associated with a PID.
If no services are attached to a PID, the output says "N/A" for that Process ID.
The list isn't the width of the screen.
Though it seems that is the output display that most people prefer.
There's a few listed as "svchost.exe" and lists the associated services as their respective registry names.

Here's what it looks like...
(I lined it up when I typed it.)

Code:

xxx:   xxx            xxx
          PID           306 (I chose a random number)
          xxx            xxx
          Services   xxx
                           xxx
                           xxx
                           xxx
                           xxx

xxx:   xxx            xxx
          PID           1352
          xxx            xxx
          Services   xxx
                           xxx
                           xxx
                           xxx
                           xxx

file3456 · 19 May 2022

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And Process Explorer or Process Hacker gives more in depth information.

And yeah, you can do that with certain commands. Just enter ping without arguments once... For Linux there are the "man" pages. "Man" short for manual.

If you don't already know, that can be turned into a batch file. Open Notepad and enter

Code:

tasklist /svc /fo list

Now name and save the text file as something like tasklist.bat It's important to have the .bat file name extension.

I have several batch files just for pinging various DNS IPs. I fire them off by a double click.

Here's an example:

Code:

@echo off
ping 208.67.222.222 -t

That's OpenDNS. There's Google: 8.8.8.8 and Cloudflare: 1.1.1.1

ping -a will resolve a PTR (Pointer Record).