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Displays WMI information inside an interactive command shell.

Important

The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility is deprecated as of Windows 10, version 21H1, and as of the 21H1 semi-annual channel release of Windows Server. This utility is superseded by Windows PowerShell for WMI (see Chapter 7—Working with WMI). This deprecation applies only to the WMI command-line (WMIC) utility; Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) itself is not affected. Also see Windows 10 features we're no longer developing.

Syntax

wmic </parameter>

Sub-commands

The following sub-commands are available:

Sub-command Description
logicaldisk Displays properties of all the logical disks on this computer.
class Escapes from the default alias mode of WMIC to access classes in the WMI schema directly.
path Escapes from the default alias mode of WMIC to access instances in the WMI schema directly.
context Displays the current values of all global switches.
[quit | exit] Exits the WMIC command shell.

Examples

To display the current values of all global switches, type:

wmic context

Output similar to the following displays:

NAMESPACE    : root\cimv2
ROLE         : root\cli
NODE(S)      : BOBENTERPRISE
IMPLEVEL     : IMPERSONATE
[AUTHORITY   : N/A]
AUTHLEVEL    : PKTPRIVACY
LOCALE       : ms_409
PRIVILEGES   : ENABLE
TRACE        : OFF
RECORD       : N/A
INTERACTIVE  : OFF
FAILFAST     : OFF
OUTPUT       : STDOUT
APPEND       : STDOUT
USER         : N/A
AGGREGATE    : ON

To display all properties of all logical disks on the computer, type:

wmic logicaldisk

Output similar to the following displays:

Access                    Description        InstallDate                   PowerManagementSupported   StatusInfo
Availability              DeviceID           LastErrorCode                 ProviderName               SupportsDiskQuotas
BlockSize                 DriveType          MaximumComponentLength        Purpose                    SupportsFileBasedCompression
Caption                   ErrorCleared       MediaType                     QuotasDisabled             SystemCreationClassName
Compressed                ErrorDescription   Name                          QuotasIncomplete           SystemName
ConfigManagerErrorCode    ErrorMethodology   NumberOfBlocks                QuotasRebuilding           VolumeDirty
ConfigManagerUserConfig   FileSystem         PNPDeviceID                   Size                       VolumeName
CreationClassName         FreeSpace          PowerManagementCapabilities   Status                     VolumeSerialNumber

0   C:   FALSE   Win32_LogicalDisk   Local Fixed Disk   C:   3   NTFS   543237451776   255   12   C:                                                                                                                                              1021771247616   FALSE   TRUE   Win32_ComputerSystem   <TheDeviceName>   <TheVolumeName>   0011AABB

To get the name of the logical disks, type:

wmic logicaldisk get name

Output similar to the following displays:

Name
C:

To change the language ID used by the command line to English (locale ID 409), type:

wmic /locale:ms_409