The Win32_Product WMI class represents products as they are installed by Windows Installer. A product generally correlates to one installation package.

Note  For more information about support or requirements for installation of a specific operating system, see Operating System Availability of WMI Components.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all inherited properties. Properties and methods are in alphabetic order, not MOF order.

Syntax

class Win32_Product : CIM_Product
{
  uint16   AssignmentType;
  string   Caption;
  string   Description;
  string   IdentifyingNumber;
  string   InstallDate;
  datetime InstallDate2;
  string   InstallLocation;
  sint16   InstallState;
  string   HelpLink;
  string   HelpTelephone;
  string   InstallSource;
  string   Language;
  string   LocalPackage;
  string   Name;
  string   PackageCache;
  string   PackageCode;
  string   PackageName;
  string   ProductID;
  string   PackageName;
  string   RegOwner;
  string   RegCompany;
  string   SKUNumber;
  string   Transforms;
  string   URLInfoAbout;
  string   URLUpdateInfo;
  string   Vendor;
  uint32   WordCount;
  string   Version;
};

Methods

The Win32_Product class defines the following methods.

Properties

The Win32_Product class defines the following properties.

AssignmentType

Data type: uint16

Access type: Read-only

Assignment type of the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

Possible values are

Value	Meaning
0	The product is assigned by user.
1	The product is assigned by computer.

 

Caption

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Short textual description for the product—a one-line string.

Description

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Description of the product.

HelpLink

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The support link for the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

HelpTelephone

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The support telephone for the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

IdentifyingNumber

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Product identification such as a serial number on software, or a die number on a hardware chip.

InstallDate

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Starting with Windows XP this property is no longer supported for Win32_Product. Instead, use the InstallDate2 property, which is in the WMI CIM_DATETIME format.

Windows 2000:  Date that this product is installed on the system. This property does not need a value to indicate that the object is installed.

InstallDate2

Data type: datetime

Access type: Read-only

Date that this product was installed on the system. This property does not require a value to indicate that the object is installed. For more information about WMI dates and times, see Date and Time Format.

Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

InstallLocation

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Location of the installed product.

InstallSource

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The installation source directory of the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

InstallState

Data type: sint16

Access type: Read-only

Installed state of the product.

Value	Meaning
-6	Bad Configuration
-2	Invalid Argument
-1	Unknown Package
1	Advertised
2	Absent
5	Installed

 

Language

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The language of the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

LocalPackage

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The location of the locally cached package for this product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

Name

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Key

Commonly used product name.

PackageCache

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Location of the locally cached package for this product.

PackageCode

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The identifier for the package from which this product was installed.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

PackageName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The original package name for the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

PackageName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The original package name for the product.

ProductID

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The product ID.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

RegCompany

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The company registered to use the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

RegOwner

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The owner registered to use the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

SKUNumber

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Product SKU (stock-keeping unit) information.

Transforms

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The transforms of the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

URLInfoAbout

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The URL information for the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

URLUpdateInfo

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The URL update information the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

Vendor

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Name of the product supplier. Corresponds to the Vendor property in the product object in the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) Solution Exchange Standard.

Version

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Product version information. Corresponds to the Version property in the product object in the DMTF Solution Exchange Standard.

WordCount

Data type: uint32

Access type: Read-only

Number of words in the summary information for the product.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000:  This property is not available.

Remarks

The Win32_Product class is derived from CIM_Product.

Examples

For script code examples, see WMI Tasks for Scripts and Applications and the TechNet ScriptCenter Script Repository.

For C++ code examples, see WMI C++ Application Examples.

The following code example shows how to generate an inventory list of installed software on a local computer. The script generates a text file with a list of the software and versions installed on a local computer.

strComputer = "."

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & _
    "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
    strComputer & _
    "\root\cimv2")

Set colSoftware = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product")   

If colSoftware.Count > 0 Then

    Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set objTextFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile( _
        "c:\SoftwareList.txt", True)

    For Each objSoftware in colSoftware
        objTextFile.WriteLine objSoftware.Caption & vbtab & _
        objSoftware.Version
    Next

    objTextFile.Close

Else
    WScript.Echo "Cannot retrieve software from this computer."

End If

Requirements

See Also

Installed Applications Classes

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