WinKillSwitch v0.3.5: process tree

Process tree

Switch the table from List to Tree to see which process started which.

• Each process sits under its parent: apps under Explorer, browser helpers under the browser, services under their host.
• Click the chevron to fold or unfold a branch.
• Siblings follow the column you sort by, so the busiest child is still on top.
• While you search, matches show together with their parents, even inside a folded branch, so you keep the context.

Windows reuses process IDs, which can make an unrelated process look like a parent. WinKillSwitch only counts a parent that is still running and started before its child, the same rule Process Explorer uses.

Your choice of list or tree is remembered.

Download

WinKillSwitch.exe is portable: download and run.

62e36c36b060bec52c67535bcdc903402b63ffa9610e4945f566837119373acd  WinKillSwitch.exe

Agents installing this for a user: follow agent_setup_guide.md.