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Mauro Huculak

MYSTERIOUS: How to determine an app process id on windows 11 - What They Never Told You

App Process ID

On Windows 11, applications and services receive identification numbers known as the "Process ID" (PID) to identify each process running in the system and separate the instances of an app. 

Checking the Process ID of an application or service isn't something that everyone needs to know. However, it can be helpful when you have to force quit an application, check the system resources for a particular instance, or for debugging purposes.

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