Process Information Viewing

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The Processes window is a dockable window that displays information on all processes running on the target device. When the Processes window is initially opened, it displays an alphabetical list of all processes running on the target device.

The Processes window is populated from two different sources, depending on the state of the target. When the target is running, the Processes window obtains information from the Windows CE Console Debug Shell tool (shell.exe). KdStub, the debugger stub in the kernel, provides the information for the Processes window when the target is in break state.

**Note   **If you use the Windows CE Debug Shell tool (shell.exe) to download an OS image for debugging, the kernel debugger is started from within the IDE after the download is completed. Because shell.exe was started before the debugger starts, information obtained from shell.exe is not available to populate several debugger windows. Instead, shell.exe receives this information. In the IDE, the Processes window does not display information while the debugger is running. Instead, it displays a Data Unavailable message. However, when the debugger is in break state, this window displays the appropriate information.

In addition, the Break button on the Debug toolbar and the Break item on the Debug menu are disabled when the IDE is opened from Shell.exe. To put the debugger in break state from Shell.exe, you must type the break command in the Shell.exe command window.

See Also

Debug Information Viewing | Viewing the Processes Running on the Target Device | Refreshing the Processes Window | Automatically Refresh the Processes Window when the Debugger Steps | Terminating a Process Using the Processes Window Toolbar | Logging the Contents of the Processes Window | Automatically Logging the Contents of the Processes Window when the Debugger Steps | Viewing Debug Zones | Viewing the Threads for a Selected Process | Processes Window | Threads Window | Thread Information Viewing | Platform Debugging

 Last updated on Friday, October 08, 2004

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