How to query the task manager

Question

I know the tasklist command in Windows will give a list of task names and their PID. There is another command WMIC path win32_process get Commandline which does give more detailed information, but its output is much messier and sometimes unpredictable (so its very hard to write a pattern/regex against it, especially with findstr in MSDOS!)

So, I am wondering in Windows, is there a way to query the task manager directly to find an image name and the command line part of it? I figure if the task manager itself can find this information, there must be a way.

I'd greatly prefer this to be done in a Batch script, but if using something more sophisticated (such as using .NET or VB) is needed, an example would be great!

Task Manager Example

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '15 at 18:53

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Powershell:

Get-WmiObject Win32_Process | Select Name, ProcessId, CommandLine

answered May 18 '15 at 18:53

Ryan Ries

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '15 at 18:41

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Have a look at PowerShell and the Get-Process command; it can give you any info you'll find in the Task Manager, and a lot more.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849832.aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176855.aspx

answered May 18 '15 at 18:41

Massimo

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How to query the task manager

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