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How can programmatically check which version of the WMI is installed

How can programmatically check which version of the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) is installed using delphi or C#?

Solution

  • Try:

    using System.Management;

ManagementObjectSearcher query = new
    ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_WMISetting") ;
ManagementObjectCollection items = query.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in items)
{
    System.Console.WriteLine(mo["BuildVersion"]);
}

    There should only be one thing in the items collection since that setting is a singleton. "BuildVersion" is the WMI version that is installed.

    EDIT:

    Helen's comment below gives an even more succinct solution:

    System.Console.WriteLine(
       (new ManagementObject("Win32_WMISetting=@"))["BuildVersion"]);