WMIC

WMIC End of life

Windows Management Instrumentation Command: Allows Windows local system admins to access Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

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Category
Admin
License
Windows
Platforms
Windows
Released
2001
Path
c:\wmic\WMIC.exe
Notes
Deprecated. May need to use PowerShell Get-CimInstance
Version
Latest known: 10.0.14393.7962

Examples

1. Lists all Windows processes that are currently running.

WMIC /output:d:\temp\processes.txt PROCESS GET PROCESSID, CREATIONDATE, NAME, CAPTION, WORKINGSETSIZE, COMMANDLINE /format:list

2. List the version of the executable

WMIC datafile where name="c:\\directory\\SomeExecutable.exe" get Version