diff --git a/aw_watcher_window/lib.py b/aw_watcher_window/lib.py
index 09e634c..b769963 100644
--- a/aw_watcher_window/lib.py
+++ b/aw_watcher_window/lib.py
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ def get_current_window_windows() -> Optional[dict]:
     from . import windows
 
     window_handle = windows.get_active_window_handle()
-    app = windows.get_app_name(window_handle)
+    try:
+        app = windows.get_app_name(window_handle)
+    except Exception:  # TODO: narrow down the exception
+        # try with wmi method
+        app = windows.get_app_name_wmi(window_handle)
+
     title = windows.get_window_title(window_handle)
 
     if app is None:
diff --git a/aw_watcher_window/windows.py b/aw_watcher_window/windows.py
index dc78782..44403a8 100644
--- a/aw_watcher_window/windows.py
+++ b/aw_watcher_window/windows.py
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-from typing import Optional
-
 import os
 import time
+from typing import Optional
 
-import win32gui
 import win32api
+import win32gui
 import win32process
+import wmi
+
 
 def get_app_path(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
     """Get application path given hwnd."""
     path = None
 
     _, pid = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd)
-    process = win32api.OpenProcess(0x0400, False, pid) # PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x0400
+    process = win32api.OpenProcess(
+        0x0400, False, pid
+    )  # PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION = 0x0400
 
     try:
         path = win32process.GetModuleFileNameEx(process, 0)
@@ -21,26 +24,66 @@ def get_app_path(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
 
     return path
 
+
 def get_app_name(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
     """Get application filename given hwnd."""
     path = get_app_path(hwnd)
 
     if path is None:
         return None
-    
+
     return os.path.basename(path)
 
+
 def get_window_title(hwnd):
     return win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd)
 
+
 def get_active_window_handle():
     hwnd = win32gui.GetForegroundWindow()
     return hwnd
 
 
+# WMI-version, used as fallback if win32gui/win32process/win32api fails (such as for "run as admin" processes)
+
+c = wmi.WMI()
+
+"""
+Much of this derived from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/14973422/965332
+"""
+
+
+def get_app_name_wmi(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Get application filename given hwnd."""
+    name = None
+    _, pid = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd)
+    for p in c.query("SELECT Name FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = %s" % str(pid)):
+        name = p.Name
+        break
+    return name
+
+
+def get_app_path_wmi(hwnd) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Get application path given hwnd."""
+    path = None
+
+    _, pid = win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd)
+    for p in c.query(
+        "SELECT ExecutablePath FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = %s" % str(pid)
+    ):
+        path = p.ExecutablePath
+        break
+
+    return path
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     while True:
         hwnd = get_active_window_handle()
         print("Title:", get_window_title(hwnd))
-        print("App:", get_app_name(hwnd))
-        time.sleep(1.0)
\ No newline at end of file
+        print("App:        ", get_app_name(hwnd))
+        print("App (wmi):  ", get_app_name_wmi(hwnd))
+        print("Path:       ", get_app_path(hwnd))
+        print("Path (wmi): ", get_app_path_wmi(hwnd))
+
+        time.sleep(1.0)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2e4a7cb..81235c1 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.5.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.6.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "altgraph"
@@ -996,6 +996,27 @@ secure = ["certifi", "cryptography (>=1.9)", "idna (>=2.0.0)", "pyopenssl (>=17.
 socks = ["pysocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
 zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wmi"
+version = "1.5.1"
+description = "Windows Management Instrumentation"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "WMI-1.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1d6b085e5c445141c475476000b661f60fff1aaa19f76bf82b7abb92e0ff4942"},
+    {file = "WMI-1.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b6a6be5711b1b6c8d55bda7a8befd75c48c12b770b9d227d31c1737dbf0d40a6"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pywin32 = "*"
+
+[package.extras]
+all = ["pytest", "sphinx", "twine", "wheel"]
+dev = ["pytest", "sphinx", "twine", "wheel"]
+docs = ["sphinx"]
+package = ["twine", "wheel"]
+tests = ["pytest"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zipp"
 version = "3.17.0"
@@ -1014,4 +1035,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8,<3.13"
-content-hash = "4223d10fc422cba0ee66d07ac912df5e4f0070651b7415a8af0b6260d82a89bf"
+content-hash = "dc7f0b0a0b4df061c7027fc9340e07a0d3860f09a9020ec7a73723b929395389"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 630096e..42d9df7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ aw-watcher-window = "aw_watcher_window:main"
 python = "^3.8,<3.13"
 aw-client = "^0.5"
 pywin32 = {version = "306", platform = "win32"}
+wmi = {version = "*", platform = "win32"}
 pyobjc-framework-ApplicationServices = { version = "*", platform="darwin"}
 pyobjc-framework-CoreText = {version = "*", platform="darwin"}
 pyobjc-framework-OSAKit = {version = "*", platform="darwin"}