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there is WMIC too but powershell is more modern and flexible
– barlop
Commented Jun 15, 2014 at 8:13
Is Path the same thing as command line? What about the arguments to the executable? @barlop WMI still has a number of features that are otherwise unavailable in PowerShell.
– jpmc26
Commented May 10, 2017 at 16:34
@jpmc26 I didn't need those, but I think you can get them via StartInfo instead of Path based on stackoverflow.com/questions/1012409/…
– Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
Commented May 12, 2017 at 14:03
@jpmc26 the file paths that the wmic command outputs, are the same as the file paths that the powershell ........ command there outputs e.g. open windows calculator and try it for calc.exe pastebin.com/raw/TK8xSPPL
– barlop
Commented May 14, 2017 at 5:21
What does the carrot do in the first command?
– Jared Beach
Commented Nov 21, 2017 at 14:54

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