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There are all sorts of commands that WMIC accepts, such as
WMIC Path Win32_Battery
WMIC Path Win32_Processor
WMIC Class Win32_Battery
WMIC Class ComputerSystem
et cetera.
Is there any way to list all of these potential "path"s and "class"es, etc. from the command line?
user541686
Posted 2011-09-02T18:44:53.020
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As you list them here, you are asking for a list of WMI object classes (primarily from the Win32 section); the "Path" could be that, that plus sub-node, that plus sub-node plus value, etc. See Here:
Conceptually similar to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a WMI object path is a string that uniquely identifies the namespace on a server, a class within a namespace, or instances of a class
Which classes are available will depend on the version of Windows (amongst other things, since I believe custom WMI classes can be registered within the WMI system), so you can't assume that all classes will be available for all versions of Windows.
Having said that:
There's no way I know of to list them from the stock command-line. With PowerShell you can get the entire list of Win32 WMI classes by using the following command:
Get-WMIObject -List| Where{$_.name -match "^Win32_"} | Sort Name | Format-Table Name
You should also be able to use Windows scripting (ie: VBScript) to get it as well.
Win32 is one of about 10 different sections of classes.
You can get the current WMI section/class/method/property lists from MS' MSDN pages.
Here is a list of (most of) the Win32 WMI classes:
Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Posted 2011-09-02T18:44:53.020
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There are some WMI providers, which provide with lots of classes. It's possible to discover WMI classes through WMI as mentioned in the other answer. The list of classes is not that hard-coded within wmic, it can be extended dynamically via registering custom providers.
Probably, what you wanted to ask was "what can I do with WMI and wmic". There are a lot of possibilities: managing OS settings, devices, file system. (Although you cannot create a file with data, but you can rename or delete a file.) A solution may involve setting properties, invoking methods and working with associations. To find out how to accomplish something with WMI, try searching in internet for "wmi do something". Another options is to look for related classes in documentation.
George Sovetov
Posted 2011-09-02T18:44:53.020
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1Don't forget that there are also aliases that map to these classes. Try the cmd
wmic alias list brieffor a listing of them on your machine. – Darwyn – 2014-08-04T04:39:40.220That's a lot of good information, thanks a lot! – user541686 – 2011-09-03T07:54:21.087