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ManagementObjectSearcher::Scope Property

Gets or sets the scope in which to look for objects (the scope represents a WMI namespace).

Namespace:  System.Management
Assembly:  System.Management (in System.Management.dll)

public:
property ManagementScope^ Scope {
	ManagementScope^ get ();
	void set (ManagementScope^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System.Management::ManagementScope
Returns a ManagementScope that contains the scope (namespace) in which to look for the WMI objects.

When the value of this property is changed, the ManagementObjectSearcher is re-bound to the new scope.

Property Value

The scope (namespace) in which to look for objects.

.NET Framework Security

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.

The following example initializes a new instance of the ManagementObjectSearcher class with a specific query and then changes the scope of the instance.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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