The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility provides a command-line interface for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMIC is compatible with existing shells and utility commands.
Useful wmic commands
CPU
wmic cpu get * /format:list wmic cpu get NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors /format:List
Memory
wmic memorychip get * wmic memorychip get * /format:list wmic memorychip get devicelocator, manufacturer wmic memorychip get devicelocator, serialnumber
Get memory capacity
wmic memorychip get devicelocator, capacity
Disk
wmic diskdrive get Name, Manufacturer, Model, InterfaceType, MediaType, SerialNumber wmic diskdrive get name,model,size
Motherboard
wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber
Bluetooth
wmic path win32_pnpentity where service="BTHUSB" get /format:list
Powerplan
WARNING: The namespace may be different on different versions of Windows. The example below
works for Windows 10.
wmic /namespace:\\root\cimv2\power PATH Win32_PowerPlan get * /format:list
GPU
wmic PATH Win32_VideoController get * /format:list
Cooling Fan
This may not work as it depends on your BIOS.
wmic /namespace:\\root\cimv2\power PATH Win32_PowerPlan get * /format:list
[source,csharp]
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using System;
using System.Text;
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More Useful Examples
How to Get Your System Serial Number
If you want to check your system serial number then you can use the following
C:\>wmic bios get serialnumber
How to Get the Total Number of CPU Cores
If you want to check the total number of CPU Cores in your system use the following
C:\>wmic cpu get numberofcores
How to Get the System Bios Version
If you want to check the System Bios Version use the following
C:\>wmic bios get version
How to Get the List of all running Processes
If you want to check all the current running processes use the following.
C:\>wmic process list
How to Get the Windows OS version
If you want to check the Windows OS version then you can try the following.
C:\>wmic os get version
How to Get the List of all Installed Applications
If you want get the list of all the installed applications in your Windows system then you can use this
C:\>wmic product get name
Start an Application
If you want to start an application in Windows then you can use this
C:\>wmic process call create "calc.exe"
Terminate an Application
If you want to terminate an application in Windows then you can use this
C:\>wmic process where name=”calc.exe” call terminate
Find what starts on boot
If you want to display everything that starts at boot on your system you can try this
C:\>wmic STARTUP GET Caption, Command, User
Get Startup List
This will display the startup list
C:\>wmic startup list full
Service Management
C:\>wmic service where caption="DHCP Client" call changestartmode "Disabled"
Get Start mode of Services
This will display the startmode of the services on your system
C:\>Wmic service get caption, name, startmode, state
Get Running Services Information
This will display information about the services running on the system
C:\>Wmic service where (state="running") get caption, name, startmode, state
