How to get list of running applications using PowerShell or VBScript

Question

How does one get a list of running applications as shown in the "Applications" tab inside the Windows Task Manager using PowerShell or VBScript?

Answer 1

This should do the trick:

Set Word = CreateObject("Word.Application")
Set Tasks = Word.Tasks
For Each Task in Tasks
   If Task.Visible Then Wscript.Echo Task.Name
Next
Word.Quit

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