Author: benspiller
Subject: handle.exe non-existant process mystery
Posted: 02 September 2014 at 3:21pm
On further investigation this seems (at least sometimes) to be just a simple bug in handle.exe, as it's saying "non-existant process" for processes that definitely ARE running, e.g. see output below that shows pslist returning correct info but handle returning "non-existant process" for the exact same pid
Subject: handle.exe non-existant process mystery
Posted: 02 September 2014 at 3:21pm
On further investigation this seems (at least sometimes) to be just a simple bug in handle.exe, as it's saying "non-existant process" for processes that definitely ARE running, e.g. see output below that shows pslist returning correct info but handle returning "non-existant process" for the exact same pid
C:\dev\sysinternals_2014_08>handle _203
Handle v3.51
Copyright (C) 1997-2013 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
<Non-existant Process> pid: 3849132 type: File C: C:\dev\foo
C:\dev\sysinternals_2014_08>pslist test
pslist v1.3 - Sysinternals PsList
Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Process information for MCBSP02:
Name Pid Pri Thd Hnd Priv CPU Time Elapsed Time
test 3849132 8 1 241 29204 0:00:07.924 0:06:56.415
This really reduces our ability to use the otherwise wonderful handle.exe so a fix would be greatly appreciated!