"Back in the good ol' days" Before Microsoft changed the format (AND MADE FINDING WMI CLASSES IMPOSSIBLE) the WMI Classes were neatly organized in an "Explorer" style where it was CIMV2 and then you could expand that and ALL Win32 Classes were listed in alphabetical order.

If a class had methods then it to had the Explorer style + sign next to where you could expand that class to see the methods and how they were used.

When you went to a certain class, at the top were all of the enumerable properties with the name and data type (ie uint16, string, array, etc) and they were hyperlinks to the data pertaining to it in the body of the class page.

Just as I was about to type you could actually look through all the classes to find what was most pertinent somebody just created a frame on the left side of the window...Thank you very much.

I know this will take a bit more work but now if somebody could restore the properties to hyperlinks to the property data in the body of the page that would be the icing on the cake.

Thank you for restoring the "Explorer" style menu Frame.

Fred Dunn

Have to agree with the above post - please restore the browsable list of classes to this page as it's become very difficult to find the exact class required in any given subset of the class hierarchy.

This is an old list of the WMI Win32_xxx classes and the description is missing, but you can imagin what it means out of the name. Hope it helps!
Thanks to Erhard Olszok aka GrayGhost for posting this list in another forum...

CIM_Chassis

CIM_VideoControllerResolution

Win32_1394Controller

Win32_BaseBoard

Win32_Battery

Win32_BIOS

Win32_BootConfiguration

Win32_Bus

Win32_CacheMemory

Win32_ComputerSystem

Win32_Desktop

Win32_DesktopMonitor

Win32_DeviceMemoryAddress

Win32_DiskPartition

Win32_DisplayConfiguration

Win32_DisplayControllerConfiguration

Win32_DMAChannel

Win32_Environment

Win32_Fan

Win32_FloppyController

Win32_Group

Win32_IDEController

Win32_InfraredDevice

Win32_IRQResource

Win32_LogicalDisk

Win32_LogicalMemoryConfiguration

Win32_MemoryArray

Win32_MemoryDevice

Win32_MotherboardDevice

Win32_NetworkAdapter

Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration

Win32_NetworkClient

Win32_NetworkConnection

Win32_NetworkProtocol

Win32_OnBoardDevice

Win32_OperatigSystem

Win32_PageFileSetting

Win32_PageFileUsage

Win32_ParallelPort

Win32_PCMCIAController

Win32_PhysicalMemory

Win32_PhysicalMemoryArray

Win32_PortResource

Win32_POTSModem

Win32_Printer

Win32_PrinterConfiguration

Win32_PrinterDriver

Win32_PrintJob

Win32_Process

Win32_Processor

Win32_Product

Win32_QuickFixEngineering

Win32_SCSIController

Win32_SerialPort

Win32_SerialPortConfiguration

Win32_Service

Win32_Share

Win32_SoundDevice

Win32_StartupCommand

Win32_SystemAccount

Win32_SystemDriver

Win32_SystemEnclosure

Win32_SystemSlot

Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort

Win32_Threat

Win32_USBController

Win32_USBHub

Win32_UserAccount

Win32_VideoController

In the documentation here, can MSFT please tag and document methods according to whether they are static or dynamic? It would improve the usefulness of method definitions.

CMI_DataFile
CMI_DirectoryContainsFile
CMI_ProcessExecutable
CIM_VideoControllerResolution
Msft_Providers
Msft_WmiProvider_Counters
NetDiagnostics
Win32_1394Controller
Win32_1394ControllerDevice
Win32_AccountSID
Win32_ActionCheck
Win32_ActiveRoute
Win32_AllocatedResource
Win32_ApplicationCommandLine
Win32_ApplicationService
Win32_AssociatedBattery
Win32_AssociatedProcessorMemory
Win32_AutochkSetting
Win32_BaseBoard
Win32_Battery
Win32_Binary
Win32_BindImageAction
Win32_BIOS
Win32_BootConfiguration
Win32_Bus Win32_CacheMemory
Win32_CDROMDrive
Win32_CheckCheck
Win32_CIMLogicalDeviceCIMDataFile
Win32_ClassicCOMApplicationClasses
Win32_ClassicCOMClass
Win32_ClassicCOMClassSetting
Win32_ClassicCOMClassSettings
Win32_ClassInforAction
Win32_ClientApplicationSetting
Win32_CodecFile
Win32_COMApplicationSettings
Win32_COMClassAutoEmulator
Win32_ComClassEmulator
Win32_CommandLineAccess
Win32_ComponentCategory
Win32_ComputerSystem
Win32_ComputerSystemProcessor
Win32_ComputerSystemProduct
Win32_ComputerSystemWindowsProductActivationSetting
Win32_Condition
Win32_ConnectionShare
Win32_ControllerHastHub
Win32_CreateFolderAction
Win32_CurrentProbe
Win32_DCOMApplication
Win32_DCOMApplicationAccessAllowedSetting
Win32_DCOMApplicationLaunchAllowedSetting
Win32_DCOMApplicationSetting
Win32_DependentService
Win32_Desktop
Win32_DesktopMonitor
Win32_DeviceBus
Win32_DeviceMemoryAddress
Win32_Directory
Win32_DirectorySpecification
Win32_DiskDrive
Win32_DiskDrivePhysicalMedia
Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition
Win32_DiskPartition
Win32_DiskQuota
Win32_DisplayConfiguration
Win32_DisplayControllerConfiguration
Win32_DMAChanner
Win32_DriverForDevice
Win32_DriverVXD
Win32_DuplicateFileAction
Win32_Environment
Win32_EnvironmentSpecification
Win32_ExtensionInfoAction
Win32_Fan
Win32_FileSpecification
Win32_FloppyController
Win32_FloppyDrive
Win32_FontInfoAction
Win32_Group
Win32_GroupDomain
Win32_GroupUser
Win32_HeatPipe
Win32_IDEController
Win32_IDEControllerDevice
Win32_ImplementedCategory
Win32_InfraredDevice
Win32_IniFileSpecification
Win32_InstalledSoftwareElement
Win32_IP4PersistedRouteTable
Win32_IP4RouteTable
Win32_IRQResource
Win32_Keyboard
Win32_LaunchCondition
Win32_LoadOrderGroup
Win32_LoadOrderGroupServiceDependencies
Win32_LoadOrderGroupServiceMembers
Win32_LocalTime
Win32_LoggedOnUser
Win32_LogicalDisk
Win32_LogicalDiskRootDirectory
Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition
Win32_LogicalFileAccess
Win32_LogicalFileAuditing
Win32_LogicalFileGroup
Win32_LogicalFileOwner
Win32_LogicalFileSecuritySetting
Win32_LogicalMemoryConfiguration
Win32_LogicalProgramGroup
Win32_LogicalProgramGroupDirectory
Win32_LogicalProgramGroupItem
Win32_LogicalProgramGroupItemDataFile
Win32_LogicalShareAccess
Win32_LogicalShareAuditing
Win32_LogicalShareSecuritySetting
Win32_LogonSession
Win32_LogonSessionMappedDisk
Win32_MappedLogicalDisk
Win32_MemoryArray
Win32_MemoryArrayLocation
Win32_MemoryDevice
Win32_MemoryDeviceArray
Win32_MemoryDeviceLocation
Win32_MIMEInfoAction
Win32_MotherboardDevice
Win32_MoveFileAction
Win32_NamedJobObject
Win32_NamedJobObjectActgInfo
Win32_NamedJobObjectLimit
Win32_NamedJobObjectLimitSetting
Win32_NamedJobObjectProcess
Win32_NamedJobObjectSecLimit
Win32_NamedJobObjectSecLimitSetting
Win32_NamedJobObjectStatistics
Win32_NetworkAdapter
Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration
Win32_NetworkAdapterSetting
Win32_NetworkClient
Win32_NetworkConnection
Win32_NetworkLoginProfile
Win32_NetworkProtocol
Win32_NTDomain
Win32_NTEventlogFile
Win32_NTLogEvent
Win32_NTLogEventComputer
Win32_NTLogEvnetLog
Win32_NTLogEventUser
Win32_ODBCAttribute
Win32_ODBCDataSourceAttribute
Win32_ODBCDataSourceSpecification
Win32_ODBCDriverAttribute
Win32_ODBCDriverSoftwareElement
Win32_ODBCDriverSpecification
Win32_ODBCSourceAttribute
Win32_ODBCTranslatorSpecification
Win32_OnBoardDevice
Win32_OperatingSystem
Win32_OperatingSystemAutochkSetting
Win32_OperatingSystemQFE
Win32_OSRecoveryConfiguración
Win32_PageFile
Win32_PageFileElementSetting
Win32_PageFileSetting
Win32_PageFileUsage
Win32_ParallelPort
Win32_Patch
Win32_PatchFile
Win32_PatchPackage
Win32_PCMCIAControler
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASP_ActiveServerPages
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_114322_ASPNETAppsv114322
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_114322_ASPNETv114322
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_2040607_ASPNETAppsv2040607
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_2040607_ASPNETv2040607
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_ASPNET
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_ASPNETApplications
Win32_PerfFormattedData_aspnet_state_ASPNETStateService
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ContentFilter_IndexingServiceFilter
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ContentIndex_IndexingService
Win32_PerfFormattedData_DTSPipeline_SQLServerDTSPipeline
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Fax_FaxServices
Win32_PerfFormattedData_InetInfo_InternetInformationServicesGlobal
Win32_PerfFormattedData_ISAPISearch_HttpIndexingService
Win32_PerfFormattedData_MSDTC_DistributedTransactionCoordinator
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETCLRData_NETCLRData
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETCLRNetworking_NETCLRNetworking
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETDataProviderforOracle_NETCLRData
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETDataProviderforSqlServer_NETDataProviderforSqlServer
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRExceptions
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRInterop
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRJit
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRLoading
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRLocksAndThreads
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRMemory
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRRemoting
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NETFramework_NETCLRSecurity
Win32_PerfFormattedData_NTFSDRV_ControladordealmacenamientoNTFSdeSMTP
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Outlook_Outlook
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfDisk_LogicalDisk
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfDisk_PhysicalDisk
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfNet_Browser
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfNet_Redirector
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfNet_Server
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfNet_ServerWorkQueues
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Cache
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Memory
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Objects
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_PagingFile
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Processor
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_System
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_FullImage_Costly
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Image_Costly
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_JobObject
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_JobObjectDetails
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_ProcessAddressSpace_Costly
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Thread
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_ThreadDetails_Costly
Win32_PerfFormattedData_RemoteAccess_RASPort
Win32_PerfFormattedData_RemoteAccess_RASTotal
Win32_PerfFormattedData_RSVP_RSVPInterfaces
Win32_PerfFormattedData_RSVP_RSVPService
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Spooler_PrintQueue
Win32_PerfFormattedData_TapiSrv_Telephony
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_ICMP
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_IP
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_NBTConnection
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_NetworkInterface
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_TCP
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_UDP
Win32_PerfFormattedData_TermService_TerminalServices
Win32_PerfFormattedData_TermService_TerminalServicesSession
Win32_PerfFormattedData_W3SVC_WebService
Win32_PerfRawData_ASP_ActiveServerPages
Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_114322_ASPNETAppsv114322
Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_114322_ASPNETv114322
Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_2040607_ASPNETAppsv2040607
Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_2040607_ASPNETv2040607
Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_ASPNET
Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_ASPNETApplications
Win32_PerfRawData_aspnet_state_ASPNETStateService
Win32_PerfRawData_ContentFilter_IndexingServiceFilter
Win32_PerfRawData_ContentIndex_IndexingService
Win32_PerfRawData_DTSPipeline_SQLServerDTSPipeline
Win32_PerfRawData_Fax_FaxServices
Win32_PerfRawData_InetInfo_InternetInformationServicesGlobal
Win32_PerfRawData_ISAPISearch_HttpIndexingService
Win32_PerfRawData_MSDTC_DistributedTransactionCoordinator
Win32_PerfRawData_NETCLRData_NETCLRData
Win32_PerfRawData_NETCLRNetworking_NETCLRNetworking
Win32_PerfRawData_NETDataProviderforOracle_NETCLRData
Win32_PerfRawData_NETDataProviderforSqlServer_NETDataProviderforSqlServer
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRExceptions
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRInterop
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRJit
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRLoading
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRLocksAndThreads
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRMemory
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRRemoting
Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRSecurity
Win32_PerfRawData_NTFSDRV_ControladordealmacenamientoNTFSdeSMTP
Win32_PerfRawData_Outlook_Outlook
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfDisk_LogicalDisk
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfDisk_PhysicalDisk
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfNet_Browser
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfNet_Redirector
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfNet_Server
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfNet_ServerWorkQueues
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Cache
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Memory
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Objects
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_PagingFile
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Processor
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_System
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_FullImage_Costly
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_Image_Costly
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_JobObject
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_JobObjectDetails
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_Process
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_ProcessAddressSpace_Costly
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_Thread
Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_ThreadDetails_Costly
Win32_PerfRawData_RemoteAccess_RASPort
Win32_PerfRawData_RemoteAccess_RASTotal
Win32_PerfRawData_RSVP_RSVPInterfaces
Win32_PerfRawData_RSVP_RSVPService
Win32_PerfRawData_Spooler_PrintQueue
Win32_PerfRawData_TapiSrv_Telephony
Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_ICMP
Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_IP
Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_NBTConnection
Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_NetworkInterface
Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_TCP
Win32_PerfRawData_Tcpip_UDP
Win32_PerfRawData_TermService_TerminalServices
Win32_PerfRawData_TermService_TerminalServicesSession
Win32_PerfRawData_W3SVC_WebService
Win32_PhysicalMedia
Win32_PhysicalMemory
Win32_PhysicalMemoryArray
Win32_PhysicalMemoryLocation
Win32_PingStatus
Win32_PNPAllocatedResource
Win32_PnPDevice
Win32_PnPEntity
Win32_PnPSignedDriver
Win32_PnPSignedDriverCIMDataFile
Win32_PointingDevice
Win32_PortableBattery
Win32_PortConnector
Win32_PortResource
Win32_POTSModem
Win32_POTSModemToSerialPort
Win32_Printer
Win32_PrinterConfiguration
Win32_PrinterController
Win32_PrinterDriver
Win32_PrinterDriverDll
Win32_PrinterSetting
Win32_PrinterShare
Win32_PrintJob
Win32_Process
Win32_Processor
Win32_Product
Win32_ProductCheck
Win32_ProductResource
Win32_ProductSoftwareFeatures
Win32_ProgIDSpecification
Win32_ProgramGroup
Win32_ProgramGroupContents
Win32_Property
Win32_ProtocolBinding
Win32_Proxy
Win32_PublishComponentAction
Win32_QuickFixEngineering
Win32_QuotaSetting
Win32_Refrigeration
Win32_Registry
Win32_RegistryAction
Win32_RemoveFileAction
Win32_RemoveIniAction
Win32_ReserveCost
Win32_ScheduledJob
Win32_SCSIController
Win32_SCSIControllerDevice
Win32_SecuritySettingOfLogicalFile
Win32_SecuritySettingOfLogicalShare
Win32_SelfRegModuleAction
Win32_SerialPort
Win32_SerialPortConfiguration
Win32_SerialPortSetting
Win32_ServerConnection
Win32_ServerSession
Win32_Service
Win32_ServiceControl
Win32_ServiceSpecification
Win32_ServiceSpecificationService
Win32_SessionConnection
Win32_SessionProcess
Win32_Share
Win32_ShareToDirectory
Win32_ShortcutAction
Win32_ShortcutFile
Win32_ShortcutSAP
Win32_SID
Win32_SoftwareElement
Win32_SoftwareElementAction
Win32_SoftwareElementCheck
Win32_SoftwareElementCondition
Win32_SoftwareElementResource
Win32_SoftwareFeature
Win32_SoftwareFeatureAction
Win32_SoftwareFeatureCheck
Win32_SoftwareFeatureParent
Win32_SoftwareFeatureSoftwareElements
Win32_SoundDevice
Win32_StartupCommand
Win32_SubDirectory
Win32_SystemAccount
Win32_SystemBIOS
Win32_SystemBootConfiguration
Win32_SystemDesktop
Win32_SystemDevices
Win32_SystemDriver
Win32_SystemDriverPNPEntity
Win32_SystemEnclosure
Win32_SystemLoadOrderGroups
Win32_SystemLogicalMemoryConfiguration
Win32_SystemNetworkConnections
Win32_SystemOperatingSystem
Win32_SystemPartitions
Win32_SystemProcesses
Win32_SystemProgramGroups
Win32_SystemResources
Win32_SystemServices
Win32_SystemSlot
Win32_SystemSystemDriver
Win32_SystemTimeZone
Win32_SystemUsers
Win32_TapeDrive
Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort
Win32_TemperatureProbe
Win32_Terminal
Win32_TerminalService
Win32_TerminalServiceSetting
Win32_TerminalServiceToSetting
Win32_TerminalTerminalSetting
Win32_Thread
Win32_TimeZone
Win32_TSAccount
Win32_TSClientSetting
Win32_TSEnvironmentSetting
Win32_TSGeneralSetting
Win32_TSLogonSetting
Win32_TSNetworkAdapterListSetting
Win32_TSNetworkAdapterSetting
Win32_TSPermissionsSetting
Win32_TSRemoteControlSetting
Win32_TSSessionDirectory
Win32_TSSessionDirectorySetting
Win32_TSSessionSetting
Win32_TypeLibraryAction
Win32_UninterruptiblePowerSupply
Win32_USBController
Win32_USBControllerDevice
Win32_USBHub
Win32_UserAccount
Win32_UserDesktop
Win32_UserInDomain
Win32_UTCTime
Win32_VideoController
Win32_VideoSettings
Win32_VoltageProbe
Win32_VolumeQuotaSetting
Win32_WindowsProductActivation
Win32_WMIElementSetting
Win32_WMISetting