I'm trying to query the filesystem on a remote machine in order to get a list of file names in a specific directory. Until now, I'm using the DirectoryInfo class in .NET. Something like this: DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo("c:\dir"); FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles("*.*"); But this query answers in an average of 20/30 seconds....
I'm using WMI to collect system information. It works fine on every system I've tested it on, but I have one or two users that are reporting problems. The debug logs show the WMI code is throwing a "Provider load failure" exception. I haven't been able to replicate the issue. The users have verified that the WMI service is running in...
I have been googling for awhile now and cannot discover if there is a generic way to see what type of memory (pc2700, pc3200, etc.) is used within a given workstation. Does anyone know how to extract this information? ...
I'm building a small web based management app. Within it I need to connect to different servers using different accounts via wmi. What I want is to tell my app: you are now run by user1, do this and this. And then I want to tell it: now you are user2, do this and this. I guess, I'm not all that clear with my question, I'll refactor it....
A fresh Windows XP SP3 install does not allow remote WMI access like Windows XP SP2 does. If I follow the steps in the "How to troubleshoot WMI-related issues in Windows XP SP2" document at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875605 I'm unable to get SP3 to respond to a remote WMI request. Every request, even to the built-in Administrator...
I want to be able to pull in the error log from BIOS across a network. Looking at Win32_BIOS in MSDN I did not see anything defining the error log. Would love to do this in C# with WMI, but am open to suggestions. Is it possible? Edit: Win32_BIOS does not have a property (don't know if that is the right term) that contains the BIOS erro...
(PS Version 1) PS C:\> $query = 'Select * From Exchange_PublicFolder WHERE Path LIKE "/Foo%"' PS C:\> $query Select * From Exchange_PublicFolder WHERE Path LIKE "/Foo%" PS C:\> gwmi -namespace ROOT\MicrosoftExchangev2 -query $query Get-WmiObject : Provider is not capable of the attempted operation At line:1 char:5 + gwmi <<<< -namespac...
I use following piece of code to change printers "port" property. Problem is it executes longer than a minute. Is there a way to speed it up? Can i instantiate management object not with all properties of wmi object? And more importantly, how can i update only 1 property? Maybe i should instantiate managementobject withouth searcher? M...
I've looked at several objects in the "root\virtualization" name space but I have not been able to find where Hyper-V stores the path to the config file for a given virtual machine. I need to get this file path programmatically or at least just the home path of a given virtual machine would be fine as well. What WMI object and field stor...
It looks like a recent windows update has broken some functionality I was using to recycle IIS6 application pools, as this has been working for months up to today. Exception calling "Recycle" : "Win32: The object identifier does not representException calling "Recycle" : "Win32: The object identifier does not represent a valid object. ...
So the WQL LIKE operator isn't supported on my WMI class from this question. How do I tell ahead of time, or interactively as I write, what is/is not supported? I'd like to stick with Powershell here and avoid other solutions like wmic. ...
Hey, I want to create properties dynamically, when the user retrieves the instances of my class. Implementation in c++, but Put can't create properties on the fly. Can someone point me to the function(s) I need to use to "fill" a empty class on the fly with properties and values. Ciao Ephraim ...
Looking into possibility of making an USB distributed application that will autostart on insertion of an USB stick and shutdown when removing the stick Will use .Net and C#. Looking for suggestion how to approach this using C#? Update: Two possible solutions implementing this as a service. - override WndProc or - using WMI query with ...
Is it possible to issue WMI WQL queries in plain C? And if yes, how? ...
I am using the code below to create a new application pool in the Installer class of my application: private static void CreateAppPool(string serverName, string appPoolName) { // metabasePath is of the form "IIS://<servername>/W3SVC/AppPools" // for example "IIS://localhost/W3SVC/AppPools" // appPoolName is of the form...
I am writing an installer class for my web service. In many cases when I use WMI (e.g. when creating virtual directories) I have to know the siteId to provide the correct metabasePath to the site, e.g.: metabasePath is of the form "IIS://<servername>/<service>/<siteID>/Root[/<vdir>]" for example "IIS://localhost/W3SVC/1/Root" How can...
I have an interesting/annoying problem with some VBScripts running on Windows 2003 Server (they run fine on XP). The scripts basically periodically call WMI objects to extract performance information and write it to a log file. It's started by Scheduled Tasks at 12:05 each morning and runs until midnight (or would if it didn't keep cras...
Hi below is the code, at this point i get error message: Set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _ & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Error: Invalid procedure call or Argument: "GetObject" Code: 800A005 Source: Microsoft VBScript Runtime error ...
I need to delete a Virtual Directory and Application pool from .NET as part of my uninstall method. I found the following code on the web somewhere: private static void DeleteTree(string metabasePath) { // metabasePath is of the form "IIS://<servername>/<path>" // for example "IIS://localhost/W3SVC/1/Root/MyVDir"...
Trying to use WMI to obtain a list of installed programs for Windows XP. Using wmic, I tried: C:\Documents and Settings\romandas>wmic wmic:root\cli>/output:c:\ProgramList.txt product get name,version and I get a listing of many of the installed programs, but after scrubbing this list against what "Add/Remove Programs" displays, I se...