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Enumerating the Codec Files on a Computer
Enumerating Classic COM Classes
Enumerating Component Categories
Enumerating Classic COM Class Settings
Enumerating DCOM Applications
Enumerating DCOM Application Settings
Enumerating Installed or Advertised Components and Applications
Enumerating Installed Software
Returns a list of features for all the software that was installed on a computer using Windows Installer.
Enumerating ProgIDs
Installing Software on the Local Computer
Installing Software on a Remote Computer
Removing Software
Retrieving Information About Binary Files Used by an Application
Upgrading Software

Enumerating the Codec Files on a Computer


Uses WMI to return information about all the audio and video codec files installed on a computer. 
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_CodecFile",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Access Mask: " & objItem.AccessMask
    Wscript.Echo "Archive: " & objItem.Archive
    Wscript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
    strCreationDate = WMIDateStringToDate(objItem.CreationDate)
    Wscript.Echo "Creation Date: " & strCreationdate
    Wscript.Echo "Drive: " & objItem.Drive
    Wscript.Echo "Eight Dot Three File Name: " & _
        objItem.EightDotThreeFileName
    Wscript.Echo "Extension: " & objItem.Extension
    Wscript.Echo "File Name: " & objItem.FileName
    Wscript.Echo "File Size: " & objItem.FileSize
    Wscript.Echo "File Type: " & objItem.FileType
    Wscript.Echo "File System Name: " & objItem.FSName
    Wscript.Echo "Group: " & objItem.Group
    Wscript.Echo "Hidden: " & objItem.Hidden
    strInstallDate = WMIDateStringToDate(objItem.InstallDate)
    Wscript.Echo "Last Accessed: " & strLastAccessed
    strLastModified = WMIDateStringToDate(objItem.LastModified)
    Wscript.Echo "Last Modified: " & strLastModified
    Wscript.Echo "Manufacturer: " & objItem.Manufacturer
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "Path: " & objItem.Path
    Wscript.Echo "Version: " & objItem.Version
Next
 
Function WMIDateStringToDate(dtmDate)
    WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmDate, 5, 2) & "/" & _
         Mid(dtmDate, 7, 2) & "/" & Left(dtmDate, 4) _
         & " " & Mid (dtmDate, 9, 2) & ":" & _
         Mid(dtmDate, 11, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmDate, _
         13, 2))
End Function

Enumerating Classic COM Classes


Retrieves information about all the “classic” COM classes installed on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ClassicCOMClass")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Component ID: " & objItem.ComponentId
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo
Next

Enumerating Component Categories


Retrieves information about the COM class component categories (COM classes that share common functionalities) found on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComponentCategory")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Category ID: " & objItem.CategoryId
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo
Next

Enumerating Classic COM Class Settings


Returns configuration information for the “classic” COM classes installed on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_ClassicCOMClassSetting")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Application ID: " & objItem.AppID
    Wscript.Echo "Component ID: " & objItem.ComponentId
    Wscript.Echo "Control: " & objItem.Control
    Wscript.Echo "Default Icon: " & objItem.DefaultIcon
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Inprocess Server 32: " & objItem.InprocServer32
    Wscript.Echo "Insertable: " & objItem.Insertable
    Wscript.Echo "Java Class: " & objItem.JavaClass
    Wscript.Echo "ProgId: " & objItem.ProgId
    Wscript.Echo "Version Independent ProgId: " & _
        objItem.VersionIndependentProgId
    Wscript.Echo
Next

Enumerating DCOM Applications


Returns information about all the DCOM (distributed COM) applications installed on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_DCOMApplication")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Application ID: " & objItem.AppID
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo
Next

Enumerating DCOM Application Settings


Returns information about the configuration of each DCOM (distributed COM) application installed on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_DCOMApplicationSetting")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Application ID: " & objItem.AppID
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Enable At Storage Activation: " & _
        objItem.EnableAtStorageActivation
    Wscript.Echo "Local Service: " & objItem.LocalService
    Wscript.Echo "Service Parameters: " & objItem.ServiceParameters
    Wscript.Echo "Use Surrogate: " & objItem.UseSurrogate
    Wscript.Echo
Next

Enumerating Installed or Advertised Components and Applications


Returns a list of all Windows Installer components installed or advertised on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ApplicationService")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "Start Mode: " & objItem.StartMode
    Wscript.Echo
Next

Enumerating Installed Software


Returns a list of software that was installed on a computer using Windows Installer.
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("c:\scripts\software.tsv", True)
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Product")
objTextFile.WriteLine "Caption" & vbtab & _
    "Description" & vbtab & "Identifying Number" & vbtab & _
    "Install Date" & vbtab & "Install Location" & vbtab & _
    "Install State" & vbtab & "Name" & vbtab & _ 
    "Package Cache" & vbtab & "SKU Number" & vbtab & "Vendor" & vbtab _
        & "Version" 
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
    objTextFile.WriteLine objSoftware.Caption & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Description & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.IdentifyingNumber & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.InstallDate2 & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.InstallLocation & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.InstallState & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Name & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.PackageCache & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.SKUNumber & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Vendor & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Version
Next
objTextFile.Close

Returns a list of features for all the software that was installed on a computer using Windows Installer.


Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objTextFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("c:\scripts\software.tsv", True) strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Product") objTextFile.WriteLine "Caption" & vbtab & _ "Description" & vbtab & "Identifying Number" & vbtab & _ "Install Date" & vbtab & "Install Location" & vbtab & _ "Install State" & vbtab & "Name" & vbtab & _ "Package Cache" & vbtab & "SKU Number" & vbtab & "Vendor" & vbtab _ & "Version" For Each objSoftware in colSoftware objTextFile.WriteLine objSoftware.Caption & vbtab & _ objSoftware.Description & vbtab & _ objSoftware.IdentifyingNumber & vbtab & _ objSoftware.InstallDate2 & vbtab & _ objSoftware.InstallLocation & vbtab & _ objSoftware.InstallState & vbtab & _ objSoftware.Name & vbtab & _ objSoftware.PackageCache & vbtab & _ objSoftware.SKUNumber & vbtab & _ objSoftware.Vendor & vbtab & _ objSoftware.Version Next objTextFile.Close
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("c:\scripts\software.tsv", True)
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Product")
objTextFile.WriteLine "Caption" & vbtab & _
    "Description" & vbtab & "Identifying Number" & vbtab & _
    "Install Date" & vbtab & "Install Location" & vbtab & _
    "Install State" & vbtab & "Name" & vbtab & _ 
    "Package Cache" & vbtab & "SKU Number" & vbtab & "Vendor" & vbtab _
        & "Version" 
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
    objTextFile.WriteLine objSoftware.Caption & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Description & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.IdentifyingNumber & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.InstallDate2 & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.InstallLocation & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.InstallState & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Name & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.PackageCache & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.SKUNumber & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Vendor & vbtab & _
    objSoftware.Version
Next
objTextFile.Close

Enumerating ProgIDs


Returns a list of ProgIDs (Programmatic Identifiers) found on a computer. 
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ProgIDSpecification")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
    Wscript.Echo "Check ID: " & objItem.CheckID
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "Parent: " & objItem.Parent
    Wscript.Echo "ProgID: " & objItem.ProgID
Next

Installing Software on the Local Computer


Installs a hypothetical software program (using a Windows Installer package) on a local computer. 
Const ALL_USERS = True
Set objService = GetObject("winmgmts:")
Set objSoftware = objService.Get("Win32_Product")
errReturn = objSoftware.Install("c:\scripts\database.msi", , ALL_USERS)

Installing Software on a Remote Computer


Installs a hypothetical software program (using a Windows Installer package) on a remote computer. Requires delegation for the computer and user accounts involved in the procedure.
Const wbemImpersonationLevelDelegate = 4
Set objWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set objConnection = objwbemLocator.ConnectServer _
    ("WebServer", "root\cimv2", "fabrikam\administrator", _
     "password", , "kerberos:WebServer")
objConnection.Security_.ImpersonationLevel = wbemImpersonationLevelDelegate
Set objSoftware = objConnection.Get("Win32_Product")
errReturn = objSoftware.Install("\\atl-dc-02\scripts\1561_lab.msi",,True)
Wscript.Echo errReturn

Removing Software


Uninstalls a hypothetical software program that was installed using Windows Installer.
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Product Where Name = 'Personnel database'")
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
    objSoftware.Uninstall()
Next

Retrieving Information About Binary Files Used by an Application


Returns the name and product code of binary information (such as bitmaps, icons, executable files, and so on) used by a Windows Installer application.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Binary")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "Product Code: " & objItem.ProductCode
    Wscript.Echo
Next

Upgrading Software


Upgrades a hypothetical software program that was installed using Windows Installer.
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32__Product Where Name = 'Personnel Database'")
For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
    errReturn = objSoftware.Upgrade("c:\scripts\database2.msi")
Next