Windows – Get list of installed applications from Windows command line

In Windows XP use prntmngr:

PRNMNGR -l >> C:\printers.txt

In Windows XP SP3 Vista and beyond (you need to install powershell v1 manually) , use PowerShell:

get-WmiObject -class Win32_printer | ft name, systemName, shareName >> c:\printers.txt

Note: You MAY get an error if you attempt to write the file to C:\ on Vista+, depending on your rights, and how PowerShell was spawned.

For Windows 2000:

The PrnMngr.vbs file from XP (located in the /Windows/System32 folder) does work on Windows 2000. Just find and copy it over to the 2000 machine from an XP machine and run it with:

cscript prnmngr.vbs -l >> c:\printers.txt

I found it wouldn't run from my user's desktop for some reason, but when I copied the .VBS to the root of C: it ran fine.

To list users, use the net user command:

net user

Your output will look something like this:

User accounts for \\LOCALHOST

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
joeuser          administrator                   guest
The command completed successfully.

If you need a list of users in a specific group, the use net localgroup:

net localgroup Users

Your output will look something like this:

Alias name     Users
Comment        Users are prevented from making accidental or intentional system-wide changes and can run most applications

Members

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users
NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE
The command completed successfully.

This is for local system users, not domain accounts. If you want to know the membership of the Administrators group, you would just supply that as a parameter: net localgroup Administrators.