ManagementObject.Path Property (System.Management)

Changing the property after the management object has been bound to a WMI object in a particular namespace results in releasing the original WMI object. This causes the management object to be rebound to the new object specified by the new path properties and scope values.

The rebinding is performed in a "lazy" manner, that is, only when a requested value requires the management object to be bound to the WMI object. Changes can be made to more than just the property before attempting to rebind (for example, modifying the scope and path properties simultaneously).

.NET Framework Security

The following example initializes a new instance of the ManagementObject class with the default namespace, and then changes the WMI path of the ManagementObject.

Imports System
Imports System.Management
Public Class Sample

    Public Overloads Shared Function Main( _
    ByVal args() As String) As Integer

        Dim o As New ManagementObject

        ' Specify the WMI path to which 
        ' this object should be bound to
        o.Path = New ManagementPath( _
            "Win32_Process.Name=""calc.exe""")

        Return 0
    End Function
End Class

using System;
using System.Management;
public class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        ManagementObject o = new ManagementObject(); 

        // Specify the WMI path to which 
        // this object should be bound to
        o.Path = new ManagementPath(
            "Win32_Process.Name='calc.exe'");
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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