Name of running programs

I want to bring up "things" in Windows without having to search.
I want to bring them up from the command prompt.

The question is how to find the name of something running once it's already
running on Windows 10?

For a simple example, take the Device Manager.

I want to bring up the device manager without searching for it.
I want to bring up the device manager by typing something like this.
c:\ devmgmt.msc
Only I don't yet know that this is the name of the device manager.

But I can find the device manager in Cortana by typing:
"Device Manager"

So once the Device Manager is running, how do I then find its name?

I can easily google but the point is not to search.

Searching finds this, but how can I do it without having to search?
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-acce...prompt-2626360

The question is how to find the name of the device manager when it's
running.

The control+alt+del task manager shows the device manager is running.
But nothing in the task manager shows the name of "devmgmt.msc".

In the Task Manager devmgmt is a subset of "Microsoft Management Console".
That subset is called "Device Manager", not "devmgmt.msc".

So nothing in the task manager tells me what to use to start it.
C:\ devmgmt.msc

The question is how to find the name of the device manager (or anything
else) once it's already running on Windows 10?

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:41:57 +0100, Louis Fabron wrote:

The question is how to find the name of the device manager when it's
running.

The control+alt+del task manager shows the device manager is running.
But nothing in the task manager shows the name of "devmgmt.msc".

In the Task Manager devmgmt is a subset of "Microsoft Management Console".
That subset is called "Device Manager", not "devmgmt.msc".

So nothing in the task manager tells me what to use to start it.


If you look in the right place, Task Manager does tell you.

1. First go to the Task Manager's 'Details' tab, and configure the
'Details' tab show the 'Command Line' column.

2. Now go to the Task Manager's Processes' tab, right-click on
"Microsoft Management Console", and choose 'Go to details' from
the right-click menu.

Task Manager will take you to the correct row on the 'Details' tab,
where you can see the command line. If you started 'Device Manager',
the command line will be:

"C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc"


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Kind regards
Ralph

On 11/21/18 19:41, Louis Fabron wrote:
The question is how to find the name of the device manager (or anything
else) once it's already running on Windows 10?


'tasklist' works from the CMD prompt in 7. not sure about win-10-nic.
check out out, maybe it does what you want??


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On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:41:57 +0100, Louis Fabron wrote:

The question is how to find the name of the device manager when it's
running.

The control+alt+del task manager shows the device manager is running.
But nothing in the task manager shows the name of "devmgmt.msc".

In the Task Manager devmgmt is a subset of "Microsoft Management
Console".
That subset is called "Device Manager", not "devmgmt.msc".

So nothing in the task manager tells me what to use to start it.


If you look in the right place, Task Manager does tell you.

1. First go to the Task Manager's 'Details' tab, and configure the
'Details' tab show the 'Command Line' column.

2. Now go to the Task Manager's Processes' tab, right-click on
"Microsoft Management Console", and choose 'Go to details' from
the right-click menu.

Task Manager will take you to the correct row on the 'Details' tab,
where you can see the command line. If you started 'Device Manager',
the command line will be:

"C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc"

That is so cool! I didn't know about all that. Thanks!
--

SC Tom

On 22-11-2018 8:25, Big Bad Bob wrote:
On 11/21/18 19:41, Louis Fabron wrote:
The question is how to find the name of the device manager (or anything
else) once it's already running on Windows 10?


'tasklist' works from the CMD prompt in 7. not sure about win-10-nic.
check out out, maybe it does what you want??


tasklist even works for XP

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That is so cool! I didn't know about all that. Thanks!


+1!