Solved Anyone using Process Hacker?

[peter7277]

Is there a column that shows how much ram memory a process takes? There is a 'private bytes' column but i don't think it is what i am looking for.

 

[torchwood]

Hi Pete,

the inbuilt task manager does.
(cntrl+Alt+delete)


Roy

 

[peter7277]

I know but i think i will start using Process Hacker. It gives more detailed information.

 

[LMiller7]

The "Private WS " column shows the private memory usage of a process. This is the same as the "Memory (private working set)" column shown by default in Task Manager. This is not the full memory usage of a process. The "Working set" column will show more but due to process memory sharing there will be some double counting. Memory usage in any modern OS is complicated.

 

[peter7277]

Thanks! And what the 'private bytes' column mean?

 

[LMiller7]

"Private bytes" is the same as the "Commit size" in Task Manager. Unfortunately this is a difficult concept and not easily explained or understood. You really need to understand how a modern virtual memory operating system works and that is not simple. I don't know of any explanations on the Internet that are accurate and easily understood. Most explanations I have seen tend toward being easily understood at the expense of technical accuracy. Many are more wrong than right.