__InstanceDeletionEvent class

The __InstanceDeletionEvent system class reports an instance deletion event, which is a type of intrinsic event generated when an instance is deleted from the namespace.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all inherited properties. Properties are listed in alphabetic order, not MOF order.

Syntax

class __InstanceDeletionEvent : __InstanceOperationEvent
{
  uint8  SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR[];
  object TargetInstance;
  uint64 TIME_CREATED;
};

Members

The __InstanceDeletionEvent class has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The __InstanceDeletionEvent class has these properties.

SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR

Data type: uint8 array

Access type: Read-only

Descriptor used by the event provider to determine which users can receive the event. This property is inherited from __Event.

TargetInstance

Data type: object

Access type: Read-only

Copy of the instance that was deleted. This property is inherited from __InstanceOperationEvent.

TIME_CREATED

Data type: uint64

Access type: Read-only

Unique value that indicates the time at which the event was generated. This is a 64-bit value that represents the number of 100-nanosecond intervals after January 1, 1601. The information is in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format. This property is inherited from __Event.

For more information about using uint64 values in scripts, see Scripting in WMI.

Remarks

The __InstanceDeletionEvent class is derived from __InstanceOperationEvent.

Deletion of a resource: __InstanceDeletionEvent

If you want to ensure that a particular antivirus scanner program continues to run on a computer, you can write a script that monitors the processes on the computer to determine whether any of them stop.

Notification queries that request notification of the deletion of a resource and use intrinsic events all use syntax similar to the following:

SELECT * FROM __InstanceDeletionEvent WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process' and TargetInstance.Name = 'notepad.exe'

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
Namespace	All WMI namespaces

See also

__InstanceOperationEvent

WMI System Classes