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Enumerate Classes

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To enumerate classes

  1. Open the Windows Management Instrumentation Tester dialog box.

  2. In the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Tester dialog box, click Connect.

  3. In the Namespace box, type the path to the namespace that you want to connect to.

    Example?

    • To connect to the namespace where the Win32 provider classes reside, type:

      root\cimv2

  4. Click Connect.

  5. Click Enum Classes.

  6. In the Superclass Info dialog box, type the name of the superclass to enumerate the child classes of a specific class.

    • Select Immediate only option if you want to see only the immediate subclasses of the superclass you specify.

    • Select Recursive option if you want to see all the classes of the superclass, subclasses of the superclass, and all the subclasses of those subclasses.

  7. To see all the top level classes for the current namespace, leave the Superclass Info dialog box empty and select Immediate only option.

  8. To see all the classes in a namespace, subclasses of the superclass, and all the subclasses of those subclasses, leave the Superclass Info dialog box empty and select Recursive option.

Notes

  • Performing this task on the local computer does not require you to have administrative credentials. Therefore, as a security best practice, consider performing this task as a user without administrative credentials.

  • Performing this task on a remote computer requires that you are a member of the Administrators group on the remote computer, or that you have been delegated the appropriate authority.

  • To open the Windows Management Instrumentation Tester dialog box, click Start, click Run, and then type WBEMTest.exe.

  • You can display the child classes of a superclass by clicking Enum Classes in the Windows Management Instrumentation Tester dialog box.

Information about functional differences

  • Your server might function differently based on the version and edition of the operating system that is installed, your account permissions, and your menu settings. For more information, see Viewing Help on the Web.

See Also

Concepts

Superclass Info dialog box
Query Result dialog box