{"id":707,"date":"2014-09-09T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2014\/09\/09\/powertip-find-wmi-classes-by-using-powershell\/"},"modified":"2014-09-09T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-find-wmi-classes-by-using-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-find-wmi-classes-by-using-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Find WMI Classes by Using PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Summary<\/b>: Use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Question\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/q-for-powertip.jpg\" \/>&nbsp;I am searching for a WMI class to help me find information about Windows startup configuration. <br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I am unsure of the class name. How can I use Windows PowerShell to help me find the class (assuming it exists)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:30px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/a-for-powertip.jpg\" \/>&nbsp;Use the&nbsp;<b>Get-CimClass<\/b>&nbsp;CIM cmdlet that was introduced in Windows PowerShell&nbsp;3.0. <br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Here is an example of using the&nbsp;<b>Get-CimClass<\/b>&nbsp;cmdlet to find Windows startup information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Get-Cimclass win32_st*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes. &nbsp;I am searching for a WMI class to help me find information about Windows startup configuration. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I am unsure of the class name. How can I use Windows PowerShell to help me find the class (assuming it exists)? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-CimClass&nbsp;CIM cmdlet that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes. &nbsp;I am searching for a WMI class to help me find information about Windows startup configuration. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I am unsure of the class name. How can I use Windows PowerShell to help me find the class (assuming it exists)? &nbsp;Use the&nbsp;Get-CimClass&nbsp;CIM cmdlet that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}