How to save the process tree list on Process Explorer to a file on Windows 8? I want to keep a copy of the process tree.

You can save the process tree list with Process Explorer to a file on Windows 8 with these steps:

1.Right-mouse click on C:\fyicenter\ProcessExplorer\procexp.exe and use "Run as administrator" to start Process Explorer. You will all processes displayed in a tree structure.

2. Click menu "File > Show Details for All Processes". This allows you to see more details on each process.

3. Click menu "File > Save as". Locate folder and enter file name to save data to C:\fyicenter\process_exeplorer_list.txt.

4. Open the file in notepad. You will see something like:

Process  CPU  Private Bytes  Working Set  PID  Description  Company Name
System Idle Process  94.71  0 K  20 K  0    
System  0.17  156 K  15,764 K  4    
 Interrupts  0.33  0 K  0 K  n/a  Hardware Interrupts and DPCs  
 smss.exe    304 K  992 K  312  Windows Session Manager  Microsoft
csrss.exe  & 0.01  2,016 K  4,984 K  472  Client Server Runtime Process  Microsoft
wininit.exe    1,084 K  4,132 K  528  Windows Start-Up Application  Microsoft
 services.exe    5,208 K  9,012 K  592  Services and Controller app  Microsoft
  svchost.exe    3,192 K  9,212 K  752  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
   unsecapp.exe    1,332 K  4,468 K  2412  Sink to receive asynchronous callbacks for WMI client application  Microsoft
   WmiPrvSE.exe    3,616 K  10,496 K  2496  WMI Provider Host  Microsoft
   WWAHost.exe  Suspended  50,404 K  84,864 K  5004  Microsoft WWA Host  Microsoft
   RuntimeBroker.exe    6,632 K  20,060 K  3312  Runtime Broker  Microsoft
   LiveComm.exe  Suspended  12,864 K  24,136 K  4860  Communications Service  Microsoft
   dllhost.exe    18,324 K  30,652 K  6996  COM Surrogate  Microsoft
  svchost.exe  & 0.01  4,884 K  8,336 K  792  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  svchost.exe    21,140 K  24,956 K  856  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
   audiodg.exe    6,996 K  9,004 K  3516  Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation   Microsoft
  svchost.exe  & 0.01  25,748 K  44,752 K  972  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  svchost.exe    10,404 K  18,592 K  392  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  svchost.exe  & 0.01  67,992 K  70,068 K  492  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
   wlanext.exe    4,464 K  13,480 K  1164  Windows Wireless LAN 802.11 Extensibility Framework  Microsoft
    conhost.exe    544 K  2,424 K  1172  Console Window Host  Microsoft
   dasHost.exe    964 K  3,784 K  1860  Device Association Framework Provider Host  Microsoft
  stacsv64.exe  & 0.01  5,956 K  7,800 K  684  IDT PC Audio  IDT, Inc.
  svchost.exe    16,484 K  21,996 K  1204  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  svchost.exe    16,216 K  21,624 K  1532  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  armsvc.exe    1,112 K  3,852 K  1680  Adobe Acrobat Update Service  Adobe Systems Incorporated
  EvtEng.exe    4,232 K  11,460 K  1776  Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Event Log Service  Intel(R) Corporation
  HeciServer.exe    1,204 K  4,952 K  1816  Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service Interface  Intel(R) Corporation
  Jhi_service.exe    1,072 K  4,196 K  1880  Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface  Intel
  RegSrvc.exe    1,620 K  6,532 K  1928  Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Registry Service  Intel(R) Corporation
  RichVideo.exe    1,228 K  4,500 K  1988  RichVideo Module  
  svchost.exe    2,280 K  8,888 K  1096  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  ZeroConfigService.exe    5,032 K  15,868 K  1284  Intel® PROSet/Wireless Zero Configure Service  Intel
  svchost.exe  & 0.01  4,392 K  11,932 K  2100  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  SearchIndexer.exe    31,772 K  30,260 K  1752  Microsoft Windows Search Indexer  Microsoft
  obexsrv.exe    2,504 K  6,556 K  3604  Bluetooth OBEX Service  Motorola Solutions, Inc.
  svchost.exe    1,300 K  4,436 K  3852  Host Process for Windows Services  Microsoft
  BTHSAmpPalService.exe  & 0.01  1,064 K  3,740 K  1100  Intel® Centrino® Wireless Bluetooth® + High Speed Virtual Adapter  Intel
  BTHSSecurityMgr.exe    2,400 K  7,216 K  3828  Intel(R) BlueTooth(R) HS Security Manager Service  Intel
  IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe  0.81  874,584 K  757,768 K  4140  IAStorDataSvc  Intel Corporation
  RIconMan.exe    1,460 K  5,252 K  4196  Realtek Card Reader Patch Tool.  Realsil Microelectronics Inc.
  LMS.exe  0.03  1,692 K  4,916 K  4228  Local Manageability Service  Intel Corporation
  SftService.exe  & 0.01  2,508 K  8,016 K  4272  SoftThinks Agent Service  SoftThinks SAS
   Toaster.exe    45,384 K  53,884 K  3496  Dell Backup And Recovery Toaster  SoftThinks - Dell
  MsMpEng.exe  0.10  125,448 K  98,860 K  4484  Antimalware Service Executable  Microsoft
  UNS.exe    3,404 K  10,964 K  4708  User Notification Service  Intel Corporation
  wmpnetwk.exe    5,696 K  6,440 K  4824  Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service  Microsoft
  devmonsrv.exe  & 0.01  2,832 K  6,848 K  6924  Bluetooth Device Monitor  Motorola 
  taskhostex.exe  & 0.01  6,300 K  10,976 K  5928  Host Process for Windows Tasks  Microsoft
  taskhost.exe    1,468 K  2,556 K  3384  Host Process for Windows Tasks  Microsoft
  uaclauncher.exe  & 0.01  916 K  692 K  2660  PC-Doctor Module  PC-Doctor, Inc.
 lsass.exe    5,104 K  11,740 K  644  Local Security Authority Process  Microsoft
csrss.exe  0.25  2,104 K  76,264 K  1664  Client Server Runtime Process  Microsoft
winlogon.exe    1,404 K  11,344 K  3440  Windows Logon Application  Microsoft
 dwm.exe  1.07  18,828 K  27,672 K  3424  Desktop Window Manager  Microsoft
explorer.exe  0.06  47,280 K  95,024 K  7000  Windows Explorer  Microsoft
 Apoint.exe  0.01  1,968 K  8,316 K  380  Alps Pointing-device Driver  Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
  ApMsgFwd.exe  0.16  1,272 K  4,472 K  6568  ApMsgFwd  Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
  hidfind.exe    772 K  3,440 K  2012  Alps Pointing-device Driver  Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
 sttray64.exe    9,360 K  21,100 K  5420  IDT PC Audio  IDT, Inc.
 quickset.exe    2,628 K  8,928 K  3088  QuickSet  Dell Inc.
 rundll32.exe    2,336 K  9,656 K  3596  Windows host process (Rundll32)  Microsoft
 igfxtray.exe    1,392 K  5,600 K  6040  igfxTray Module  Intel Corporation
 hkcmd.exe    1,424 K  5,560 K  7020  hkcmd Module  Intel Corporation
 igfxpers.exe    1,888 K  7,940 K  3176  persistence Module  Intel Corporation
 SSScheduler.exe    956 K  3,384 K  6916  McAfee Security Scanner Scheduler  McAfee, Inc.
 firefox.exe  0.39  145,708 K  189,592 K  5484  Firefox  Mozilla Corporation
 mspaint.exe    7,680 K  17,548 K  6936  Paint  Microsoft
 mspaint.exe    20,344 K  32,920 K  6152  Paint  Microsoft
 mspaint.exe    14,452 K  26,780 K  2804  Paint  Microsoft
 mspaint.exe    17,164 K  30,260 K  4092  Paint  Microsoft
 mspaint.exe    20,640 K  33,916 K  5720  Paint  Microsoft
AdobeARM.exe    2,712 K  11,244 K  5424  Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager  Adobe
...

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