Win32_SoftwareFeature

Here are some basic code samples to get you started:

• Getting all instances using PowerShell:
  

  # getting all instances: Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_SoftwareFeature # viewing default property in GridView: Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_SoftwareFeature |    Out-GridView # using CIM cmdlet  # requires PowerShell 3.0 or better: Get-CIMInstance -ClassName Win32_SoftwareFeature

• Selecting all properties (view full object content):
  

  # viewing all properties: Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_SoftwareFeature |    Select-Object -Property * # Note: replace "*" with a comma-separated lists of properties to show only selected properties. # displaying information in GridView: # (Note: Out-GridView can only display a maximum of 30 columns. Additional properties are not shown.) Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_SoftwareFeature |    Select-Object -Property * |    Out-GridView -Title "Win32_SoftwareFeature"

• Querying information remotely:
  

  # connecting to a remote machine using current identity: $ComputerName = 'SomeServerNameOrIP' Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_SoftwareFeature -ComputerName $ComputerName # using credentials: $ComputerName = 'SomeServerNameOrIP' $Username = 'mydomain\\myusername' Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_SoftwareFeature -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Username

In this WMI class, all WMI properties are read-only. You can only read values but not change them.

Accesses

Data type UInt16

Number of times this SoftwareFeature has been used

Attributes

Data type UInt16

Remote execution option, one of irsEnum: ifrsFavorLocal = 0: Install components locally, if possible ifrsFavorSource = 1: Install components to run from the source CD/Server, if possible ifrsFollowParent = 2: Follow the remote execution option of the parent feature

Caption

Data type String

The Caption property is a short textual description (one-line string) of the object.

Description

Data type String

The Description property provides a textual description of the object.

IdentifyingNumber

Data type String

Product identification such as a serial number on software or a die number on a hardware chip

InstallDate

Data type DateTime

The InstallDate property is datetime value indicating when the object was installed. A lack of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.

InstallState

Data type SInt16

The installed state of the software feature.

LastUse

Data type DateTime

Last time this SoftwareFeature was used

Name

Data type String

The Name property defines the label by which the object is known to the world outside the data processing system. This label is a human-readable name that uniquely identifies the element in the context of the element’s namespace.

ProductName

Data type String

Commonly used product name

Status

Data type String

The Status property is a string indicating the current status of the object. Various operational and non-operational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses are “OK”, “Degraded” and “Pred Fail”. “Pred Fail” indicates that an element may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future. An example is a SMART-enabled hard drive. Non-operational statuses can also be specified. These are “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 on-line, yet the managed element is neither “OK” nor in one of the other states.

Vendor

Data type String

The name of the product’s supplier. Corresponds to the Vendor property in the product object in the DMTF Solution Exchange Standard.

Version

Data type String

Product version information. Corresponds to the Version property in the product object in the DMTF Solution Exchange Standard.

Configure

This method will configure the associated instance of Win32_SoftwareFeature to the specified install state. The method can return the following values:

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Reinstall

This method will reinstall the associated instance of Win32_SoftwareFeature using the specified reinstallation mode. The method can return the following values:

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CIM_Action

A CIM_Action is an operation that is part of a process to either create a software element in its next state or to eliminate the software element in the current state.

CIM_Check

A check is a condition or characteristic that is expected to be true in an environment defined or scoped by an instance of a CIM_ComputerSystem.

Win32_Product

Instances of this class represent products as they are installed by MSI.

Win32_SoftwareElement

SoftwareFeatures and SoftwareElements: A ‘SoftwareFeature’ is a distinct subset of a Product, consisting of one or more ‘SoftwareElements’.

Win32_SoftwareFeature

SoftwareFeatures and SoftwareElements: A ‘SoftwareFeature’ is a distinct subset of a Product, consisting of one or more ‘SoftwareElements’.

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