# Tasklist > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tasklist > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tasklist.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasklist > Source revision: 1334668198 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Microsoft Windows command tasklist Developers Microsoft, The AROS Development Team Operating system Microsoft Windows, AROS Research Operating System Type Command In [computing](/source/Computing), **tasklist** is a [command](/source/Command_(computing)) available in [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)[1] and in the [AROS shell](/source/AROS_Research_Operating_System).[2] It was included in [Windows XP](/source/Windows_XP) and later Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is equivalent to the [ps](/source/Ps_(Unix)) command in [Unix](/source/Unix) and [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like) [operating systems](/source/Operating_system) and can also be compared with the Windows [task manager](/source/Task_manager) ([taskmgr](/source/Task_Manager_(Windows))). [Windows NT 4.0](/source/Windows_NT_4.0), the [Windows 98](/source/Windows_98) [Resource Kit](/source/Resource_Kit), the [Windows 2000](/source/Windows_2000) [Support Tools](/source/Windows_Support_Tools), and [ReactOS](/source/ReactOS)[3] include the similar tlist command. Additionally, Microsoft provides the similar PsList command as part of Windows [Sysinternals](/source/Sysinternals).[4] ## Usage ### Microsoft Windows On Microsoft Windows tasklist shows all of the different local computer processes currently running. tasklist may also be used to show the processes of a remote system by using the command: tasklist /S "SYSTEM". Optionally, they can be listed sorted by either the imagename, the PID or the amount of computer usage. But by default, they are sorted by chronological order:  C:\Users\Gigabyte>**tasklist** Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ======== ================ =========== ============ [System Idle Process](/source/System_Idle_Process) 0 Services 0 20 K System 4 Services 0 1,008 K [smss.exe](/source/Smss.exe) 300 Services 0 84 K [csrss.exe](/source/Csrss.exe) 468 Services 0 600 K [wininit.exe](/source/Wininit.exe) 532 Services 0 132 K [services.exe](/source/Services.exe) 636 Services 0 4,672 K [lsass.exe](/source/Lsass.exe) 644 Services 0 6,532 K [svchost.exe](/source/Svchost.exe) 752 Services 0 4,824 K nvvsvc.exe 788 Services 0 208 K nvSCPAPISvr.exe 812 Services 0 1,464 K svchost.exe 856 Services 0 5,260 K svchost.exe 916 Services 0 9,308 K svchost.exe 944 Services 0 26,012 K svchost.exe 128 Services 0 13,720 K svchost.exe 364 Services 0 52,152 K BootRacerServ.exe 1060 Services 0 948 K svchost.exe 1108 Services 0 9,408 K spoolsv.exe 1276 Services 0 648 K svchost.exe 1308 Services 0 16,184 K sqlwriter.exe 1700 Services 0 160 K svchost.exe 1720 Services 0 204 K MsMpEng.exe 1752 Services 0 64,556 K WUDFHost.exe 2148 Services 0 220 K svchost.exe 2188 Services 0 5,876 K svchost.exe 2636 Services 0 7,116 K dasHost.exe 2808 Services 0 5,740 K dllhost.exe 1056 Services 0 388 K DkService.exe 2708 Services 0 4,648 K FABS.exe 3580 Services 0 152 K daemonu.exe 3200 Services 0 5,584 K csrss.exe 3872 Glass 1 116 K [winlogon.exe](/source/Winlogon.exe) 5928 Glass 1 156 K [LogonUI.exe](/source/Windows_NT_startup_process#Authentication) 1772 Glass 1 512 K [dwm.exe](/source/Dwm.exe) 4596 Glass 1 108 K csrss.exe 5968 Glass 4 128 K winlogon.exe 3364 Glass 4 156 K LogonUI.exe 6108 Glass 4 524 K dwm.exe 4764 Glass 4 136 K csrss.exe 1408 Glass 2 136 K winlogon.exe 7732 Glass 2 160 K LogonUI.exe 2036 Glass 2 524 K dwm.exe 6236 Glass 2 144 K PresentationFontCache.exe 9928 Services 0 332 K csrss.exe 4948 Glass 5 128 K winlogon.exe 3708 Glass 5 156 K LogonUI.exe 5992 Glass 5 528 K dwm.exe 8756 Glass 5 152 K csrss.exe 8068 Glass 8 136 K winlogon.exe 9000 Glass 8 164 K LogonUI.exe 8240 Glass 8 524 K dwm.exe 5576 Glass 8 156 K hamachi-2.exe 6936 Services 0 1,544 K csrss.exe 6644 Glass 6 140 K winlogon.exe 4000 Glass 6 168 K LogonUI.exe 2968 Glass 6 516 K dwm.exe 6932 Glass 6 148 K csrss.exe 2452 Glass 9 136 K winlogon.exe 6244 Glass 9 160 K LogonUI.exe 1996 Glass 9 520 K dwm.exe 384 Glass 9 148 K svchost.exe 2060 Services 0 176 K csrss.exe 268 Glass 7 140 K winlogon.exe 13088 Glass 7 172 K LogonUI.exe 4256 Glass 7 528 K dwm.exe 6700 Glass 7 156 K csrss.exe 3516 Glass 10 136 K winlogon.exe 3104 Glass 10 172 K csrss.exe 6820 Console 12 1,856 K winlogon.exe 5228 Console 12 184 K LogonUI.exe 12020 Glass 10 528 K dwm.exe 7280 Console 12 10,200 K dwm.exe 12236 Glass 10 176 K nvxdsync.exe 12648 Console 12 316 K nvvsvc.exe 892 Console 12 440 K taskhostex.exe 11880 Console 12 3,132 K [explorer.exe](/source/Explorer.exe) 12224 Console 12 35,076 K LiveComm.exe 11624 Console 12 6,756 K RuntimeBroker.exe 5408 Console 12 8,244 K RAVCpl64.exe 11200 Console 12 332 K ZPSTray.exe 11100 Console 12 304 K Mini_Monitor.exe 11740 Console 12 4,532 K firefox.exe 88 Console 12 201,512 K plugin-container.exe 13120 Console 12 1,148 K FlashPlayerPlugin_11_5_50 11484 Console 12 612 K FlashPlayerPlugin_11_5_50 9276 Console 12 1,748 K [Taskmgr.exe](/source/Taskmgr.exe) 7908 Console 12 24,588 K [WmiPrvSE.exe](/source/Windows_Management_Instrumentation) 12568 Services 0 5,284 K [cmd.exe](/source/Cmd.exe) 3020 Console 12 2,092 K conhost.exe 7352 Console 12 4,676 K tasklist.exe 9072 Console 12 5,516 K WmiPrvSE.exe 6384 Services 0 5,708 K C:\Users\Gigabyte>[taskkill](/source/Taskkill)/PID 0409/F ## See also - [Task manager](/source/Task_manager) - [nmon](/source/Nmon) — a system monitor tool for the [AIX](/source/AIX) and [Linux](/source/Linux) operating systems. - [pgrep](/source/Pgrep) - [pstree](/source/Pstree) - [top](/source/Top_(software)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tasklist | Microsoft Docs"](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491010.aspx). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["AROS Research Operating System"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190702203042/http://aros.sourceforge.net/documentation/users/shell/index.php). Archived from [the original](https://aros.sourceforge.net/documentation/users/shell/index.php) on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2018-10-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Reactos/Reactos"](https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/modules/rosapps/applications/sysutils/tlist/tlist.c). *[GitHub](/source/GitHub)*. 4 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["PsList - Windows Sysinternals"](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pslist). ## Further reading - Stanek, William R. (2008). *Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition*. [Microsoft Press](/source/Microsoft_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0735622623](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0735622623). - John Paul Mueller (2007). *Windows Administration at the Command Line for Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000*. [John Wiley & Sons](/source/Wiley_(publisher)). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0470165799](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0470165799). ## External links Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: ***[Guide to Windows Commands](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guide_to_Windows_Commands)*** - [tasklist | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/tasklist) v t e Windows command-line programs and shell builtins Ecosystem Interpreters COMMAND.COM Command Prompt PowerShell Recovery Console Terminals Windows Console Windows Terminal File system navigation cd (chdir) dir popd pushd tree File management attrib cacls cipher compact copy del (erase) deltree icacls mkdir (md) mklink move openfiles recover ren (rename) replace rmdir (rd) robocopy takeown xcopy Archiving expand extrac32 extract makecab pax tar Disk management chkdsk convert defrag diskcomp diskcopy diskpart diskraid diskshadow drvspace fdisk format fsutil label manage-bde MSCDEX refsutil subst scandisk sys vol vssadmin Processes at exit kill runas sc schtasks shutdown start taskkill tasklist Registry assoc ftype reg regini regsvr32 User environment chcp cmdkey date graftabl mode path set setver setx time title ver where whoami File contents comp edit edlin fc find findstr print type Scripting choice clip cscript doskey echo for forfiles goto if more pause prompt rem timeout Networking arp bitsadmin curl getmac hostname ipconfig nbtstat net netsh netstat nslookup PathPing ping rpcping route scp setspn sftp ssh ssh-add ssh-agent ssh-keygen ssh-keyscan tracert winrm winrs Maintenance and care auditpol dism dispdiag driverquery eventcreate eventtriggers gpresult gpupdate logman mofcomp msiexec ntbackup pentnt pnpunattend pnputil REAgentC relog sfc sxstrace systeminfo tpmtool tpmvscmgr tracerpt typeperf w32tm WBAdmin wecutil wevtutil winmgmt winsat wmic Boot management bcdedit bootcfg bootsect fixboot fixmbr Software development break debug exe2bin QBasic wsl Miscellaneous cls dpath help List of DOS commands Environment variables Windows Support Tools --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tasklist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasklist) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasklist?action=history)). 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