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Msinfo32.exe
/? - Displays the Help dialog box

/msinfo_file=filename - Opens the specified .nfo or .cab file

/nfo or /s filename - Outputs a .nfo file to the specified file

/report filename - Outputs a text-format file to the specified file

/computer computername - Connects to the specified computer

/categories (+|-)(all | categoryname) +|-(categoryname)... - Displays or outputs specified categories

/category categoryname - Sets focus to a specific category at startup
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High-Level Categories
Category Heading Category Switch
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System Summary SystemSummary
Hardware Resources Resources
Components Components
Software Environment SWEnv

The following items are add-ons that may or may not be present. Category Heading Category Switch
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Internet Explorer 5 InternetExplorer
Applications Apps

Subcategories for Hardware Resources
Subcategory Heading Subcategory Switch
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Conflict/Sharing ResourcesConflicts
DMA ResourcesDMA
Forced Hardware ResourcesForcedHardware
I/O ResourcesIO
IRQs ResourcesIRQS
Memory ResourcesMemory

Subcategories for Components
Subcategory Heading Subcategory Switch
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Multimedia ComponentsMultimedia
Display ComponentsDisplay
Infrared ComponentsInfrared
Input ComponentsInput
Modem ComponentsModem
Network ComponentsNetwork
Ports ComponentsPorts
Storage ComponentsStorage
Printing ComponentsPrinting
Problem Devices ComponentsProblemDevices
USB ComponentsUSB

Subcategory for Software Environment
Subcategory Heading Subcategory Switch
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Drivers SWEnvDrivers
Environment Variables SWEnvEnvVars
Jobs SWEnvJobs
Network Connections SWEnvNetConn
Running Tasks SWEnvRunningTasks
Loaded Modules SWEnvLoadedModules
Services SWEnvServices
Program Groups SWEnvProgramGroup
Startup Programs SWEnvStartupPrograms
OLE Registration SWEnvOLEReg

The following example gathers each high-level category into a separate .nfo file, which can be read by Msinfo32.exe. start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo syssum.nfo /categories +SystemSummary
start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo cmpnt.nfo /categories +components
start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo swenv.nfo /categories +swenv
start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo hwdres.nfo /categories +resources
start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo ie.nfo /categories +internetexplorer
start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo apps.nfo /categories +Apps

The following example gathers basic system summary information and conflicts into an .nfo file, which can be read by Msinfo32.exe.
start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo conflicts.nfo /categories
+systemsummary+componentsproblemdevices+resourcesconflicts+resourcesforcedhardware

The Conflicts.nfo file that is created contains the following top-level categories:
System Summary
Hardware Resources
Components
Under Hardware Resources, the Conflict/Sharing and Forced Hardware subcategories are present. Under Components, the Problem Devices subcategory is present.

The following example gathers the Software Environment information but does not include the Program Groups and Startup Programs subcategories. The .nfo file that is created can be read with Msinfo32.exe.

start /wait msinfo32.exe /nfo swenv.nfo /categories +swenv-swenvprogramgroup-swenvstartupprograms

NOTE: The start /wait switch is used in the examples for batch file and/or command-line execution from a Cmd.exe command prompt. The start switch is required to start Msinfo32.exe and the /wait switch does not process the next item until the current item completes. Using the start /wait switches ensures that the computer is not overloaded because some of the Msinfo32.exe categories can use a large amount of CPU time.