# Copied from GStreamer project # Author: Seungha Yang $i=1 $ppid=(gwmi win32_process -Filter "processid='$pid'").parentprocessid $pname=(Get-Process -id $ppid).Name While($true) { if($pname -eq "cmd" -Or $pname -eq "powershell") { Write-Host ("{0}.exe" -f $pname) Break } # 10 times iteration seems to be sufficient if($i -gt 10) { Break } # not found yet, find grand parant $ppid=(gwmi win32_process -Filter "processid='$ppid'").parentprocessid $pname=(Get-Process -id $ppid).Name $i++ }