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Registry Cmdlets: Advanced CDXML

Summary: Richard Siddaway shows some advanced features in CDXML. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the third post in a series. To catch up, read: Yesterday, you saw that you can create a Windows PowerShell cmdlet from the StdRegProv CIM class by using CDXML, ...

Registry Cmdlets: First Steps with CDXML

Summary: Richard Siddaway shows how to start creating CDXML cmdlets. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the second post in a series. Yesterday, in Registry Cmdlets: Working with the Registry, I explained that there aren’t any cmdlets for working directly with the...

PowerTip: Use PoweShell to Search for CIM Classes

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search for CIM classes. (image)  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find a CIM class on my machine? (image)  Use Get-WmiObject in List mode. For instance, to find the class for working with the registry, use: Get-WmiObject -Namespace root -Class StdRegProv -List &...