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Techy News Blog » Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:58:06 GMT

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re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

Sekhmet — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:42:07 GMT

I get the following error when I run Search-WmiHelp:

Get-WmiObject : Invalid namespace At D:\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Add-WmiHelpFunctions.ps1:120 char:42

+ $localizedClasses = Get-WmiObject <<<< -NameSpace $localizedNamespace -Query "select * f

rom meta_class"

Attempted to divide by zero.

At D:\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Add-WmiHelpFunctions.ps1:125 char:109

+ Write-Progress "Searching Wmi Classes" "$count of $($localizedClasses.Count)" -Perc (

$count*100/$ <<<< localizedClasses.Count)

And when I run Get-WmiHelp it just produces nothing. I'm running Vista, but I don't suppose that should make any difference.

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

jonathan — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:55:02 GMT

Yup -- this stuff dont work :(

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

PowerShellTeam — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:51:29 GMT

If you are having issues, please post the command line you ran Search-WmiHelp or Get-WmiHelp with, and the results of the following script:

Get-WmiObject -query "SELECT * FROM __Namespace" -namepsace (value of $namespace you passed to Get-WmiHelp (or blank))

Get-LocalalizedNamespace (value of $namespace you passed to Get-WmiHelp (or "root\Cimv2"))

This script mines the information from WMI, which is in a very standardized format (the description qualifier on each method/property/class in the localized namespace contains the help). One possibility is that the namespace does not exist on your box. Another possibility is that the namespace that one of the functions Get-WmiHelp and Search-WmiHelp both call (Get-LocalizedNamespace) is returning a bad namespace name.

I hope I can help identify why this script is not working for you.

James Brundage [MSFT]

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

Martin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:54:24 GMT

Doesn't work here, either. I have an english language OS with German regional settings. (Get-culture).LCID returns 1031 (0x407). WMI only has namespace ms_0409. get-localizednamespace returns "ms_7f" in that case.

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

J.M. — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:33:32 GMT

(warning, I'm a newbie). I get an error just trying to dot-source the script:

Unrecognized token in source text

(my path)\Add-WmiHelpFunctions.ps1:3 char:1 + @ <<<<

(Running Vista Business, 32-bit English)

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

Jon — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:36:27 GMT

Here's a result - and what fails. Platform is WinXP SP2 English / no localization.

------------------------------------

PS C:\> Get-WmiHelp Win32_Process

PS C:\> (Get-WmiHelp Win32_Bios).Description

PS C:\> Search-WmiHelp {$_ -like "*Disk*"}

Get-WmiObject : Invalid namespace

At C:\Documents and Settings\jcn\Desktop\Add-WmiHelpFunctions.ps1:135 char:42

+ $localizedClasses = Get-WmiObject <<<< -NameSpace $localizedNamespace -Query "select * from meta_class"

Attempted to divide by zero.

At C:\Documents and Settings\jcn\Desktop\Add-WmiHelpFunctions.ps1:140 char:109

+ Write-Progress "Searching Wmi Classes" "$count of $($localizedClasses.Count)" -Perc ($count*100/$ <<<< lo

calizedClasses.Count)

PS C:\>

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

PowerShellTeam — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:01:08 GMT

In order to allow the individuals who are having localization issues to still get their wmi help, I have made culture an argument to Get-WmiHelp and Search-WmiHelp. You can specify the culture ID code in hex format. If you run:

Get-WmiObject "__Namespace" | ? { $_.Name -like "ms_*"} | Format-Table Name

You should be able to see all of the localized namespaces. http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/oslocversion.mspx#winVistaSKU can help you identify which one you would like to use. ms_409 is en-us. Pick one of these to use, and then run Get-WmiHelp or Search-WmiHelp with -cultureID 0x409 (or 0x + whatever 3 digit number was after ms_ in the namespace name for the locale you want).

Please post a comment if you had an issue, and this resolved it, or if you are still having an issue.

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

Robert — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:30:46 GMT

This is a XP Sp2 MUI + German Language Pack

30# $localizedNamespaces = Get-WmiObject -NameSpace "root\cimv2" -Class "__Namespace" | where {$_.Name -like "ms_*"}

31# $localizedNamespaces

__GENUS : 2

__CLASS : __NAMESPACE

__SUPERCLASS : __SystemClass

__DYNASTY : __SystemClass

__RELPATH : __NAMESPACE.Name="ms_409"

__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1

__DERIVATION : {__SystemClass}

__SERVER : WKS-VIE-301

__NAMESPACE : ROOT\cimv2

__PATH : \\WKS-VIE-301\ROOT\cimv2:__NAMESPACE.Name="ms_409"

Name : ms_409

__GENUS : 2

__CLASS : __NAMESPACE

__SUPERCLASS : __SystemClass

__DYNASTY : __SystemClass

__RELPATH : __NAMESPACE.Name="ms_407"

__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1

__DERIVATION : {__SystemClass}

__SERVER : WKS-VIE-301

__NAMESPACE : ROOT\cimv2

__PATH : \\WKS-VIE-301\ROOT\cimv2:__NAMESPACE.Name="ms_407"

Name : ms_407

32# $localizedNamespaces | where {$_.Name -eq "ms_{0:x}" -f (Get-Culture).LCID }

33# Get-Culture

LCID Name DisplayName

---- ---- -----------

3079 de-AT German (Austria)

34# Get-WmiObject -query "SELECT * FROM __Namespace" -namespace "root\cimv2"

__GENUS : 2

__CLASS : __NAMESPACE

__SUPERCLASS : __SystemClass

__DYNASTY : __SystemClass

__RELPATH : __NAMESPACE.Name="ms_409"

__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1

__DERIVATION : {__SystemClass}

__SERVER : WKS-VIE-301

__NAMESPACE : ROOT\cimv2

__PATH : \\WKS-VIE-301\ROOT\cimv2:__NAMESPACE.Name="ms_409"

Name : ms_409

__GENUS : 2

__CLASS : __NAMESPACE

__SUPERCLASS : __SystemClass

__DYNASTY : __SystemClass

__RELPATH : __NAMESPACE.Name="sms"

__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1

__DERIVATION : {__SystemClass}

__SERVER : WKS-VIE-301

__NAMESPACE : ROOT\cimv2

__PATH : \\WKS-VIE-301\ROOT\cimv2:__NAMESPACE.Name="sms"

Name : sms

__GENUS : 2

__CLASS : __NAMESPACE

__SUPERCLASS : __SystemClass

__DYNASTY : __SystemClass

__RELPATH : __NAMESPACE.Name="Applications"

__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1

__DERIVATION : {__SystemClass}

__SERVER : WKS-VIE-301

__NAMESPACE : ROOT\cimv2

__PATH : \\WKS-VIE-301\ROOT\cimv2:__NAMESPACE.Name="Applications"

Name : Applications

__GENUS : 2

__CLASS : __NAMESPACE

__SUPERCLASS : __SystemClass

__DYNASTY : __SystemClass

__RELPATH : __NAMESPACE.Name="ms_407"

__PROPERTY_COUNT : 1

__DERIVATION : {__SystemClass}

__SERVER : WKS-VIE-301

__NAMESPACE : ROOT\cimv2

__PATH : \\WKS-VIE-301\ROOT\cimv2:__NAMESPACE.Name="ms_407"

Name : ms_407

35# Get-LocalizedNamespace

\ms_7f

36#

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

gary.segler — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:22:10 GMT

Hello Powershell Team,

I don't know if this is the right place but Jeffrey did ask us to complain when we saw something stupid or when things didn't work as expected.

I am trying to use the WMISearcher object and when I pass a query that has a join, it fails. So basically, even though you can pass a standard "Select * from ..." query, you can't use a properly written WQL statement that uses joins or aliases. Or am I missing something?

re: Get-WmiHelp & Search-WmiHelp

gwojan — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:27:18 GMT

Just an FYI... The latest .PS1 file is missing the '@' for the initial here string.

--Greg

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