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September 12th, 2012

PowerTip: Easily Find WMI Class Schema Information with PowerShell

Doctor Scripto

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Summary: Use a one-line command to obtain WMI class schema (MOF) information.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to display the MOF of a WMI class?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the WMIClass type accelerator, and then call the static GetText method whilst supplying the word MOF:

([wmiclass]”Win32_Pingstatus”).gettext(“MOF”)

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