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Is it possible to determine which process starts my .Net application?

I am developing console application in .Net and I want to change a behavior a little based on information that application was started from cmd.exe or from explorer.exe. Is it possible?

Solution 
  • Process this_process = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
int parent_pid = 0;
using (ManagementObject MgmtObj = new ManagementObject("win32_process.handle='" + this_process.Id.ToString() + "'"))
{
    MgmtObj.Get();
    parent_pid = Convert.ToInt32(MgmtObj["ParentProcessId"]);
}
string parent_process_name = Process.GetProcessById(parent_pid).ProcessName;