Msinfo32

Displays a comprehensive view of your hardware, system components, and software environment.

Syntax

msinfo32 [/?] [/pch] [/nfo FileName] [/report FileName] [/computer ComputerName] [/showcategories] [/category categoryID] [/categories categoryID]

Parameters

FileName   : Specifies the file to be opened. This can be an .nfo, .xml, .txt, or .cab file.

/?   : Displays help for the msinfo32 command.

/pch   : Displays the history view.

/nfo   FileName   : Saves the exported file as an .nfo file.

/report   FileName   : Saves the exported file as a .txt file.

/computer   ComputerName   : Starts System Information for the specified remote computer.

/showcategories   : Starts System Information with all available category IDs displayed.

/category   categoryID   : Starts System Information with the specified category selected. Use /showcategories to display a list of available category IDs.

/categories   categoryID   : Starts System Information with only the specified category or categories displayed. It also limits the output to the selected category or categories. Use /showcategories to display a list of available category IDs.

/?   : Displays help at the command prompt.

Remarks

  • Some System Information categories contain large amounts of data. You can use the start /wait command to optimize reporting performance for these categories. For more information, see Related Topics.

Examples

To list the available category IDs, type:

msinfo32 /showcategories

To start System Information with all available information displayed, except Loaded Modules, type:

msinfo32 /categories +all -loadedmodules

To display only System Summary information and create an .nfo file called syssum.nfo that contains information in the System Summary category, type:

msinfo32 /nfo syssum.nfo /categories +systemsummary

To display resource conflict information and create an .nfo file called conflicts.nfo that contains information about resource conflicts, type:

msinfo32 /nfo conflicts.nfo /categories +componentsproblemdevices+resourcesconflicts+resourcesforcedhardware

Formatting legend

Format

Meaning

Italic

Information that the user must supply

Bold

Elements that the user must type exactly as shown

Ellipsis (...)

Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line

Between brackets ([])

Optional items

Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd}

Set of choices from which the user must choose only one

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Code or program output

System Information

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