How to sort processes by time started?

Solution 1:

You can install a program called Process Explorer to view all running processes along with their start times.

1. Open Process Explorer
2. Click the View menu and then click Select Columns…
3. In the Process Performance tab, mark the checkbox next to Start Time, and click OK.

This will show you an additional column named Start Time for each process listed.

--Another Option--

If you don't want to install a new program, you can query Windows Management Instrumentation for this instead.

1. Open the Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Command Prompt.
2. Enter the following command: wmic process get name,creationdate and then press Enter

You will see output like this with the creation date+time listed, followed by the name of the process, sorted by the time the process was started:

20150121161522.832200-480  cmd.exe
20150121161522.962200-480  conhost.exe
20150121162132.567200-480  WMIC.exe
20150121162132.622200-480  WmiPrvSE.exe

Solution 2:

You can use PowerShell and the Get-Process commandlet like so:

Get-Process | select name, starttime

This will display all processes running and the time they started.