Win32_StartupCommand lists only the First alphabetical entry of Startup Folders.

Win32_StartupCommand lists only the First alphabetical entry of Startup Folders.

• raaman

  
   Win32_StartupCommand lists only the First alphabetical entry of Startup Folders. 
  Hi All

  I am trying to list all the Startup Commands of a computer using Win32_StartupCommand class. The code is:

  strComputer = "."
  Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
      & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
  Set colStartupCommands = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
      ("SELECT * FROM Win32_StartupCommand")

  dim strOut
  For Each objStartupCommand in colStartupCommands
      strOut = strOut & "Command: " & objStartupCommand.Command
      strOut = strOut & "Description: " & objStartupCommand.Description
      strOut = strOut & vbcrlf
  Next

  Wscript.Echo strOut

   

  This program is supposed to fetch all the entries from following locations:

  HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
  HKU\ProgID\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
  systemdrive\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
  systemdrive\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

  
  However, the program is getting only first Alphabetical entry from the following folders:

  systemdrive\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
  systemdrive\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

  
  For example if the Startup folder contains three links :

  m.lnk , a.lnk , and k.lnk ..then the above program only lists the a.lnk..and not the others.

  Is this a bug or is there something wrong with the usage. Kind;y point how can i find all the StartupCommands listed under these folders. I only wish to use inbulit classes for this purpose. And I dont wish to iterate through these folders to get these details..

   

  Thanks and Regards

  Sumit Chawla

   
    
   
   
  

  
  

• Rob Lemmens

  What Platform are you seeing this on Be specific.

  This works fine on CTP build of Vista that I own currently.

  
  

• javapilot

  Hi Sumit,
  
  Any reason why you're using late bound objects for this You can query the WMI using the classes available in the System.Management namespace (you'll need to add a reference to the System.Management.dll). This code worked for me:
  
  

  Private Function GetAllCommands() As String

          Dim str As String = ""

          Dim query As New System.Management.ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM WIN32_STARTUPCOMMAND")

          Dim searcher As New ManagementObjectSearcher

          searcher.Query = query

          For Each obj As ManagementObject In searcher.Get()

              str = str & obj.Item("Caption") & vbTab & obj.Item("name") & vbTab & obj.Item("Command") & vbTab & obj.Item("Description") & vbTab & obj.Item("Location")

              str = str & vbCrLf

          Next

          Return str

      End Function

  
  hope that helps,
  Imran.
  
  

• nimi

  Hi Imran

  Thanks for the help.But i am not using .NET.

  Any help otherwise will be highly beneficial...

  
  

• Mahendras

  I have tested this command on Win 2k Server and few other versions like 2k3 server also. Here it does not work..

  I have not used Vista...

  Thanks for the help

   

  
  
• Win32_StartupCommand lists only the First alphabetical entry of Startup Folders.