Win10 Tip: Let the File Explorer title bar display the process ID

The existing Win32 version of the file resource manager has been a long-term battle, even if Microsoft intends to launch the UWP version of the resource manager in Win10 RS2, it may be difficult to shake the veteran status for a while. For the old users of IT homes, the classic version of the resource manager is already very familiar, but in the case of multiple windows open, if you encounter a problem such as a window is not responding, it may be difficult to distinguish in the task manager. . Fortunately, Microsoft actually provides a way to distinguish, but it does not open by default.

This method uses the process ID (PID) to distinguish. The PID can be viewed in the “Details” tab of the Task Manager. It can be easily viewed by opening the File Explorer's PID display function in the registry. The method is not difficult, as follows:

1. Enter regedit in the Cortana taskbar, press Enter to enter the registry editor

2, navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE \\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer

3, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value, named ShowPidInTitle, as shown below ——

4, double-click to enter, set the value The data is 1, as shown below ——

5, restart the file resource manager, as shown below ——

View the file at this time You can see the PID ID in the title bar of the resource manager. It should be noted that the PIDs of multiple windows opened in the same way may be the same, for example, the windows opened by clicking the fixed resource manager icon of the taskbar, the title bar PID is no different, and the window opened when viewing the software installation package location (As shown above), the PID will be different from the taskbar icon. Therefore, the PID can distinguish the source of the window open.