Is there a task manager like application for visual studio?

Question

Sometimes I experience Visual Studio 2010 being very sluggish. I have some plugins, like ReSharper for example, that I think could be the culprit. It would be nice if I could see the processes under visual studio to see what is using up all the CPU. Basically what I am looking for is a Task Manager just like the one in Google Chrome but for Visual Studio. I searched the internet and came up with nothing.

Thanks in advance, Blake

Answer 1

Unlike Chrome, Visual Studio does not use multiple processes. (Except when debugging applications)

Answer 2

You might try a tool like Process Explorer from Sysinternals. It can dig into the processes somewhat and may give you the information you want: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx