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Multiple filters in SysInternals Process Explorer Filter By Name?
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Andy Turner
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I need to filter the Process Explorer list to monitor a couple of processes, but surprisingly the Filter By Name doesn't seem to support a list in any format I've tried, such as
"w3wp;iisexpress"
"w3wp,iisexpress"
"w3wp iisexpress"
Once I've tried any of those, I get no matches?
If it's not supported, it's be great if it could be. Also prefixing with - to denote a 'hide' filter would be good too.
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Nikolaos Katzakis 0 Reputation points2025-03-07T08:56:41.98+00:00 I have the same problem.
Sometimes when filtering to find one process, this filters out child processes that have been spawned by it. I am therefore trying to filter by multiple strings with an OR/|| operator so that I see the child processes as well. Is there some way to achieve this in the Filter processes dialog box? (or some other way?) Regex would be the best thing to have there I think.
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