diff --git a/native/WinProcessListHelper/WinProcessListHelper/main.cpp b/native/WinProcessListHelper/WinProcessListHelper/main.cpp
index c21f9de2cbda..862b508539bf 100644
--- a/native/WinProcessListHelper/WinProcessListHelper/main.cpp
+++ b/native/WinProcessListHelper/WinProcessListHelper/main.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,29 @@
 using namespace std;
 #include <comdef.h>
 #include <Wbemidl.h>
+#include <string>
 
 #pragma comment(lib, "wbemuuid.lib")
 
+void stringReplaceAll(wstring& str, const wstring& oldStr, const wstring& newStr)
+{
+    int pos = 0;
+    while ((pos = str.find(oldStr, pos)) != string::npos)
+    {
+        str.replace(pos, oldStr.length(), newStr);
+        pos += newStr.length();
+    }
+}
+
+wstring escapeLineBreaks(const wstring& str)
+{
+    wstring result = str;
+    stringReplaceAll(result, L"\\", L"\\\\");
+    stringReplaceAll(result, L"\n", L"\\n");
+    stringReplaceAll(result, L"\r", L"\\r");
+    return result;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     HRESULT hres;
@@ -163,19 +183,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         VARIANT vtId;
         pclsObj->Get(L"ProcessId", 0, &vtId, nullptr, nullptr);
-        wprintf_s(L"%d\n", vtId.intVal);
+        wcout << vtId.intVal << "\n";
         VARIANT vtName;
         pclsObj->Get(L"Name", 0, &vtName, nullptr, nullptr);
         if (vtName.bstrVal != nullptr)
-            wprintf_s(L"%ls\n", vtName.bstrVal);
+            wcout << escapeLineBreaks(vtName.bstrVal) << L"\n";
         else
-            wprintf_s(L"\n");
+            wcout << L"\n";
         VARIANT vtCmd;
         pclsObj->Get(L"CommandLine", 0, &vtCmd, nullptr, nullptr);
         if (vtCmd.bstrVal != nullptr)
-            wprintf_s(L"%ls\n", vtCmd.bstrVal);
+            wcout << L"\"" << escapeLineBreaks(vtCmd.bstrVal) << L"\"\n";
         else
-            wprintf_s(L"\n");
+            wcout << L"\"\"\n";
         VariantClear(&vtId);
         VariantClear(&vtName);
         VariantClear(&vtCmd);
diff --git a/platform/platform-util-io/src/com/intellij/execution/process/impl/ProcessListUtil.java b/platform/platform-util-io/src/com/intellij/execution/process/impl/ProcessListUtil.java
index d800ea913a62..174d13ab3056 100644
--- a/platform/platform-util-io/src/com/intellij/execution/process/impl/ProcessListUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-util-io/src/com/intellij/execution/process/impl/ProcessListUtil.java
@@ -266,6 +266,46 @@ public final class ProcessListUtil {
     return parseCommandOutput(Collections.singletonList(exeFile.getAbsolutePath()), ProcessListUtil::parseWinProcessListHelperOutput);
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  private static String unescapeString(String str, boolean quoted) {
+    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+    if (quoted) {
+      str = str.substring(1, str.length() - 1);
+    }
+    for (int index = 0; index < str.length(); index++) {
+      if (str.charAt(index) == '\\') {
+        if (index == str.length() - 1) {
+          LOG.info("Invalid escaped string: backslash at the last position");
+          LOG.debug(str);
+          return null;
+        }
+        switch (str.charAt(index + 1)) {
+          case '\\': {
+            builder.append('\\');
+            break;
+          }
+          case 'n': {
+            builder.append('\n');
+            break;
+          }
+          case 'r': {
+            builder.append('\r');
+            break;
+          }
+          default: {
+            LOG.info("Invalid character after an escape symbol: " + str.charAt(index + 1));
+            LOG.debug(str);
+            return null;
+          }
+        }
+        index++;
+        continue;
+      }
+      builder.append(str.charAt(index));
+    }
+    return builder.toString();
+  }
+
   @Nullable
   static List<ProcessInfo> parseWinProcessListHelperOutput(@NotNull String output) {
     String[] lines = StringUtil.splitByLines(output, false);
@@ -286,10 +326,20 @@ public final class ProcessListUtil {
       }
       if (id == 0) continue;
 
-      String name = lines[offset + 1];
+      String name = unescapeString(lines[offset + 1], false);
+      if (name == null) {
+        LOG.info("Invalid escaped name: " + lines[offset + 1]);
+        LOG.debug(output);
+        return null;
+      }
       if (StringUtil.isEmpty(name)) continue;
 
-      String commandLine = lines[offset + 2];
+      String commandLine = unescapeString(lines[offset + 2], true);
+      if (commandLine == null) {
+        LOG.info("Invalid escaped command line: " + lines[offset + 2]);
+        LOG.debug(output);
+        return null;
+      }
       String args;
       if (commandLine.isEmpty()) {
         commandLine = name;