How to get the command line of a running application?

Question

If I've got a program open, for example notepad this.txt, how can I get the full command line of this application including the arguments which was used to launch the program?

Ideally, I'd like a way which supports copying, as this command is quite long.

Does this answer your question? [Get the complete command line of a process](https://superuser.com/questions/403423/get-the-complete-command-line-of-a-process) — Gerold Broser, Sep 12 '21 at 12:46

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '13 at 23:35

I found this solution:

Download Process Explorer from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
Run the procexp.exe file.
Locate the name of the process you want the command line of.
Right click → Properties
The command line is then shown in the "Command line:" field.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '13 at 00:23

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Open task manager. Click Processes. Click view, select columns. Choose command line from the list

answered Nov 01 '13 at 00:23

Canadian Luke

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I was aware of this in my searching, however this doesn't seem to support copy/pasting. A problem if the command line is 1000+ chars. – kiri Nov 01 '13 at 01:31
@minerz029 Ahhhh. Yea, that won't do it then – Canadian Luke Nov 01 '13 at 15:37

How to get the command line of a running application?

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