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Win32_Registry class

The Win32_Registry WMI class represents the system registry on a computer system running Windows.

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

Syntax

class Win32_Registry : CIM_LogicalElement
{
  string   Caption;
  uint32   CurrentSize;
  string   Description;
  datetime InstallDate;
  uint32   MaximumSize;
  string   Name;
  uint32   ProposedSize;
  string   Status;
};

Members

The Win32_Registry class has these types of members:

Properties

Properties

The Win32_Registry class has these properties.

Caption

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Short description of the object.

CurrentSize

Data type: uint32
Access type: Read-only
Qualifiers: Units (Megabytes)

Current physical size of the Windows registry.

Example: 10

Description

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Description of the object.

InstallDate

Data type: datetime
Access type: Read-only

Object was installed. This property does not need a value to indicate that the object is installed.

MaximumSize

Data type: uint32
Access type: Read-only
Qualifiers: Units (Megabytes)

Maximum size of the Windows registry. If the system is successful in using the ProposedSize property, MaximumSize should contain the same value.

Name

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only
Qualifiers: Key

Name of the Windows registry. The maximum length is 256 characters.

ProposedSize

Data type: uint32
Access type: Read/write
Qualifiers: Units (Megabytes)

Proposed size of the Windows registry. It is the only registry setting that can be modified, and its proposal is attempted the next time the system boots.

Status

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Current status of the object. Various operational and nonoperational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses include: "OK", "Degraded", and "Pred Fail" (an element, such as a SMART-enabled hard disk drive, may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future). Nonoperational statuses include: "Error", "Starting", "Stopping", and "Service". The latter, "Service", could apply during mirror-resilvering of a disk, reload of a user permissions list, or other administrative work. Not all such work is online, yet the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.

The values are:

"OK"
"Error"
"Degraded"
"Unknown"
"Pred Fail"
"Starting"
"Stopping"
"Service"

Remarks

The Win32_Registry class is derived from CIM_LogicalElement.

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.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Namespace	\root\CIMV2
MOF	Cimwin32.mof
DLL	Cimwin32.dll

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