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WMIC Commands

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Updated: January 21, 2005

The following commands are available at all times:

Command Purpose
CLASS Escape from the default alias mode of WMIC to access classes in the WMI schema directly.
PATH Escape from the default alias mode of WMIC to access instances in the WMI schema directly.
CONTEXT Display the current values of all global switches.
QUIT Exit from WMIC.
EXIT Exit from WMIC.

For more information about the global switches displayed by CONTEXT, see WMIC switches .

For information about how WMI validates users, see Managing WMI security .

For information about WMIC security, authentication, and authorization, see Security with WMIC .