Can I get command line arguments of other processes from .NET/C#?

This is using all managed objects, but it does dip down into the WMI realm:

private static void Main()
{
    foreach (var process in Process.GetProcesses())
    {
        try
        {
            Console.WriteLine(process.GetCommandLine());
        }
        catch (Win32Exception ex) when ((uint)ex.ErrorCode == 0x80004005)
        {
            // Intentionally empty - no security access to the process.
        }
        catch (InvalidOperationException)
        {
            // Intentionally empty - the process exited before getting details.
        }

    }
}

private static string GetCommandLine(this Process process)
{
    using (ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT CommandLine FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = " + process.Id))
    using (ManagementObjectCollection objects = searcher.Get())
    {
        return objects.Cast<ManagementBaseObject>().SingleOrDefault()?["CommandLine"]?.ToString();
    }

}

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