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Microsoft Spy++ alternatives

  • SystemExplorer

  • System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more. It also keeps track of a history of processes that were started, and allows you to create file and registry snapshots that can be compared to analyze system changes in detail. System Explorer integrates online lookups into the right click menu for any process, driver or service, allowing you to retrieve additional information (and virus checking) from online sources including Google. »

    tags: Portable hardware-monitoring process-viewer system-information taskmanager
  • WinSpy++

  • WinSpy++ is a handy programmer's utility which can be used to select and view the properties of any window in the system. WinSpy is based around the Microsoft Spy++ utility that ships with Microsoft Visual Studio.

    tags: developer-tools development net-framework
  • Window Detective

  • Window Detective is a programmer's tool used to "spy" on an application's windows and allows you to view and even modify some of its properties.

    tags: development inspect modify-properties view-properties window-properties
  • Winspector Spy

  • Have you ever used Spy++ that comes with MSVC? If you have then you know what Winspector is - but take out all of the annoyances of Spy++ and add in a big bag of handy tweaks and features.

    tags: Discontinued spy windows-api windows-messages
  • WinCheat

  • WinCheat is like Spy++ in that it lets you dig deep into the internals of the PE format and the Win32 Windowing subsystems.

    tags: debugger development hacking
  • Processes

  • https://www.oneperiodic.com/products/processes/

    tags: system-information process-management process-monitoring process-viewer
  • Free Extended Task Manager

  • The Extended Task Manager provides additional Windows process management features and information about disk activity and network port usage.

    tags: process-list taskmanager sysinternals
  • Chameleon Task Manager

  • Chameleon Task Manager is Windows task manager that enables the complete control of processes running on a computer optimizing the performance of Windows. It also provides more detailed information about programs.

    tags: process-management taskmanager memory-optimization control-processes
  • Python System Monitor

  • Python System Monitor (Psymon) is a cross-platform, task and performance monitor.

    tags: Discontinued task-management hardware-monitoring
  • WinID

  • WinID is controls & windows identification utility that is both powerful and compact. Its main purpose is to give an easy way to retrieve information about Microsoft Windows controls visually right off the screen. WinID resembles Spy++ from the Microsoft Visual Studio toolset but it also incorporates lots of its own handy features.

    tags: development window-properties
  • TaskInfo

  • TaskInfo is a poweful utility that combines and improves features of Task Manager and System Information tools. It visually monitors (in text and graphical forms) different types of system information in any Windows system (95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, WinXP 32 and 64 bit, Server 2003 32 and 64 bit, Vista 32 and 64 bit., Server 2008 32 and 64 bit), Windows 7 and Server 2008 r2 (32 and 64 bit) in real time.

    tags: task-management system-information hardware-monitoring system-utilities system-activity-monitor
  • Tasks Explorer

  • Tasks Explorer is a freeware opensource computer program providing functionality for collecting extended information about processes running in system in real time.

    tags: process-list process-management process-monitoring process-viewer sysinternals
  • XWinspector

  • Discover hidden features of other software with XWinSpector. It works like Spy++ but has many other features!

    tags: Discontinued window-manager
  • Pserv

  • pserv.cpl is a Windows Control Panel Applet that

    tags: services-manager