Wmi win32 classes on x64

Question

I'm developing .net application using wmi and win32_* WQL queries. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394084%28VS.85%29.aspx Will such application work on x64?

Answer 1

Yes. Those class names work the same on 64-bit Windows. The "Win32" part just wasn't changed for compatibility reasons. After all, everything you can query is the same regardless of bit-ness, anyway.

You can easily play around with those in PowerShell and the Get-WmiObject cmdlet. This works without problems for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of PowerShell (which itself is a .NET program too).