process-monitor

Why is Visual Studio constantly trying to create a 'dummy/empty' file?

Hi folks, I just ran Process Monitor (by Sys Internals) for the first time on this Win7 RTM machine to figure out the paths VS2008 uses when compiling (so i can exclude them from my AV). Check this out .... WTF? Every 6 seconds (or so), it's trying to CreateFile at some invalid path. If u notice (in the pic) i've turned off all det...

Prefetching information in windows XP fails and abort the launching of my application

I compile my application on a windows XP SP3 machine. When it compiles, I try to lauch it, and windows replies me back with : Unable to start program 'xx'. This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reviex the manifest file for possible errors. Reinstalling the application may f...

Visual studio has gone crazy trying to create files

I downloaded Process Monitor and began monitoring my project directory that I am writing code in. I see endless entries every couple seconds of: Operation: Create File C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\csharp C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\code C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\web and so on for the rest of the templates Then it says the result is PATH NOT FOUND. What is ...

Need the source code for top and find the connection between top and /proc/ directory in linux.

Hi, I wanted the source code for top which I could not find anywhere also, i wanted a little more information on what exactly does the /proc directory contain.y I have seen it have a series folders labeled 1, 2, 3 4, .... and in those folders there seem to be a consistent set of files. I was wondering if these are the directories for t...

How can a device driver be EXE like Process Monitor

Process Monitor and Explorer are supplied an EXE file. But they include a driver. -Where is it. By Windows Internals, Process Monitor works by extracting a file system filter device driver from its executable image (Procmon.exe) the first time you run it after a boot, installing the driver in memory, and then deleting the driver i...