Detecting Process ID of the current cmd.exe

[Squashman]

So executing the batch file from a cmd prompt and from Windows Explorer says the parent process is Explorer.exe.
If I execute it from the cmd prompt like this.

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start process.bat

It comes back with cmd.exe

When run from Task Scheduler it says the parent process is svchost.exe.

[aGerman]

So executing the batch file from a cmd prompt and from Windows Explorer says the parent process is Explorer.exe.

Yes. If you used CALL in the cmd prompt no new process was created.

When run from Task Scheduler it says the parent process is svchost.exe.

One of the commenters at SO said the same. I didn't try to run it from a scheduled task. As I understood the comment it depends on the context the scheduled task was run. You could do some tests with the SYSTEM account or with your account but elevated.

Steffen