powershell v2 - how to get process ID

Question

I have an Application, that runs multiple instances of itself. e.g

AppName.exe instance1
AppName.exe instance2
AppName.exe instance3

Using

Answer 1

you can use the get-process cmdlet instead of using wmi :

$procid=get-process appname |select -expand id

Answer 2

$procid=(get-process appname).id