Using the Remote Process Viewer

The Windows CE Remote Process Viewer (cepview.exe) enables you to view detailed information about processes and threads running on the remote device.

The Windows CE Process Viewer window displays a list of running processes, thread identifiers, and modules. The following screen shot shows the Process Viewer window.

Select a process on either the Process, Thread ID, or Module list to display its attributes. The following table shows and describes the Process Viewer lists.

Process Viewer List
Description
Process List Displays information about process identifiers, base priorities, the number of threads running in each process, the base address of each process, the access key for each process, plus a list of all the windows that belong to each process.
Thread ID List Displays information about thread identifiers, current process identifiers, thread priorities, and access keys.
Module List Displays information about module identifiers, process counts, global counts, base addresses, base sizes, module handles, and the full module path.

Use the Windows CE Process Viewer toolbar to refresh the display of running processes or to terminate a selected process. The following table shows the Process Viewer toolbar buttons.

Button
Description
Refreshes the Process Viewer window
Terminates the selected process
Displays the Process Viewer About box