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Startup & processes

Autoruns

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Microsoft Sysinternals inventory of logon items, services, scheduled tasks, shell extensions, drivers and other auto-start locations.

Best for
Finding persistent startup entries that Task Manager does not show.
License
Free
Platform
Windows 11 / 10
!Hide Microsoft entries first. Uncheck an entry to test before deleting it.
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Startup & processes

Process Explorer

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Advanced Sysinternals process viewer with parent trees, handles, loaded DLLs, signatures and VirusTotal integration.

Best for
Investigating an unexplained CPU, memory, handle or file-lock problem.
License
Free
Platform
Windows 11 / 10
!Do not terminate Windows processes unless you understand their role.
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