What information is available to an application about its launch? Can it detect that it was launched from Java?

Question

When an application is launched in Windows what kind of information does it have available about it's launch? (working directory? parent process? Shortcut? icon click?)

If I launch an application from java using:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("app.exe");

Can the application determine that it was launched from a java process?

Is there a way to make it look like a user had pressed a shortcut icon in the start menu to launch the app? (is this info even available to the application?)

I'm talking about the standard .exe executable applications in Windows.