Windows 7 or Server 2008 Show running time for a Process

Question

Is there any simple way to show how long a specific PID instance has been active?

Solution 1

Using the Powershell Get-Process cmdlet:

Get-Process | Select-Object id, starttime, name | Sort-Object id

Solution 2

Gregg,

I know that Process Explorer will show this, sort of.

Get it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

If you run it, right click on a process and choose Properties it will show you the start time of the process (and you can click on the Threads tab there to see individual thread start times).

Alternatively in Process Explorer you can click View, Select Columns, choose the Process Performance tab, and choose Start Time and then it will show that column in the main window for all PIDs.

You might need to do your own math on the individual threads within that process (again the threads tab) and the current date/time to get a true "how long" answer.

Comments

[Pacerier]

Here too: superuser.com/q/772815/78897

[SparedWhisle]

Process Explorer solves the problem.

[warren]

interestingly - not all processes have a starttime

[disasteraverted]

@warren - run it as Administrator and all services have a time.

[Pacerier]

@Davidw, What about batch command?

[BenVlodgi]

This won't account for the amount of time the computer was in hibernation since the process started.

[TheCrazyProgrammer]

@disasteraverted I am running PowerShell ISE as administrator on a WIndows Server 2012 R2, NO, all processes do not have starttime.

[TheCrazyProgrammer]

Infact, I do not get starttime for any of them if I do Get-Process

[Davidw]

You have to specify that object property, it is not visible by default, that's why the Select-Object part of the command.