Applies To: Windows Vista,Windows Server 2008
Displays information about processes that are running on a terminal server.
You can use this command to find out which programs a specific user is running, and also which users are running a specific program.
For examples of how to use this command, see Examples.
Syntax
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query process [* | <ProcessID> | <UserName> | <SessionName> | /id:<nn> | <ProgramName>] [/server:<ServerName>] |
Parameters
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* |
Lists the processes for all sessions. |
<ProcessID> |
Specifies the numeric ID identifying the process that you want to query. |
<UserName> |
Specifies the name of the user whose processes you want to list. |
<SessionName> |
Specifies the name of the session whose processes you want to list. |
/id:<nn> |
Specifies the ID of the session whose processes you want to list. |
<ProgramName> |
Specifies the name of the program whose processes you want to query. The .exe extension is required. |
/server:<ServerName> |
Specifies the terminal server whose processes you want to list. If unspecified, the server where you are currently logged on is used. |
/? |
Displays help at the command prompt. |
Remarks
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Administrators have full access to all query process functions.
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If you do not specify the <UserName>, <SessionName>, /id:<nn>, <ProgramName>, or * parameters, query process displays only the processes that belong to the current user.
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If a session is specified, it must identify an active session.
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Query process returns the following information:
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The user who owns the process
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The session that owns the process
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The ID of the session
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The name of the process
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The ID of the process
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The user who owns the process
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When query process returns information, a greater than (>) symbol is displayed before each process that belongs to the current session.
Examples
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To display information about the processes being used by all sessions, type:
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query process *
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To display information about the processes being used by session ID 2, type:
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query process /ID:2