{"id":2511,"date":"2013-11-25T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2013\/11\/25\/powertip-use-powershell-to-find-key-of-wmi-class\/"},"modified":"2013-11-25T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-use-powershell-to-find-key-of-wmi-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-use-powershell-to-find-key-of-wmi-class\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Key of WMI Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/strong>: Use Windows PowerShell to find the key of a WMI class.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, How can I use Windows PowerShell to discover the property that has the key qualifier for a WMI class?  <\/p>\n

\"Hey, Use Get-CimClass<\/strong> and iterate through the properties:<\/p>\n

$class = Get-CimClass -ClassName Win32_Process<\/p>\n

foreach ($property in $class.CimClassProperties) {<\/p>\n

 $property | select -ExpandProperty Qualifiers |<\/p>\n

 foreach {<\/p>\n

   if ($_.Name -eq ‘key’){<\/p>\n

     $property<\/p>\n

   }<\/p>\n

 }<\/p>\n

 }<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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