Dlltop

Download Sysinternals listdlls.exe and pipe it to sort – that’s your manual dlltop . Better yet, write your own version with psutil in Python for cross-platform DLL tracking.

Under the Hood: Understanding dlltop – A Hidden Gem for Windows Process Analysis dlltop

PID: 1234 - explorer.exe Rank DLL Name Working Set (KB) 1 C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll 12,456 2 C:\Program Files\CloudPlugin.dll 8,234 3 C:\Windows\System32\ole32.dll 3,112 ... Since dlltop isn’t built into Windows, here’s a quick script to get similar insight: Download Sysinternals listdlls

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Get-Process -Id 1234 | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Modules | Sort-Object -Property Size -Descending | Select-Object -First 10 ModuleName, FileName, Size For live updates, wrap it in a loop: