Top is a Linux process that shows a list of processes running on the system and what levels of resources are being used. This application provides all processes running, the CPU and Memory consumed and with several switches available you can see things like the location of the executable that is running.
Unfortunately, they don’t make a TOP executable ported for Microsoft Windows but don’t despair. You can use Power Shell to script a simple TOP style display that operates just like TOP on a Linux system.
Here is the one liner you need to get a top style process viewer running on windows.
while (1) { ps | sort -desc cpu | select -first 30; sleep -seconds 2; cls }
Copy the above line and paste it in to your Power Shell console. You should see something similar to the following image.
