Is there a way to query file details from a Windows CMD prompt?

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Is there a way to query the file details from a Windows CMD prompt? Looking for a way to query information from the "Details" tab of the file properties...

I can query other information from within this Details tab (like version) using WMIC, but the "Product name" seems to be elusive. Thanks in advance.

Similar question>>>https://superuser.com/questions/363278/is-there-a-way-to-get-file-metadata-from-the-command-line?rq=1 — Moab, Sep 25 '20 at 13:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '20 at 13:17

The PowerShell cmdlet Get-ItemProperty would list the properties you're looking for.

The Specific property you're looking for is the VersionInfo Property.

Here an example where I ran it on an exe file (you also need | fl * to see everything):

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-itemproperty "C:\Path\PDFX4.exe" | fl *


PSPath            : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::Z:\Software\i-p\PDF-XChange Pro\PDFX4 pro\PDFX4.exe
PSParentPath      : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::Z:\Software\i-p\PDF-XChange Pro\PDFX4 pro
PSChildName       : PDFX4.exe
PSDrive           : Z
PSProvider        : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem
Mode              : -a----
VersionInfo       : File:             Z:\Software\i-p\PDF-XChange Pro\PDFX4 pro\PDFX4.exe
                    InternalName:
                    OriginalFilename:
                    FileVersion:      4.188.188.0
                    FileDescription:  PDF-XChange 4 Pro
                    Product:          PDF-XChange 4 Pro
                    ProductVersion:   4.188.188.0
                    Debug:            False
                    Patched:          False
                    PreRelease:       False
                    PrivateBuild:     False
                    SpecialBuild:     False
                    Language:         Sprachneutral

BaseName          : PDFX4
Target            :
LinkType          :
Name              : PDFX4.exe
Length            : 29597392
DirectoryName     : Z:\Software\i-p\PDF-XChange Pro\PDFX4 pro
Directory         : Z:\Software\i-p\PDF-XChange Pro\PDFX4 pro
IsReadOnly        : False
Exists            : True
FullName          : Z:\Software\i-p\PDF-XChange Pro\PDFX4 pro\PDFX4.exe
Extension         : .exe
CreationTime      : 25.05.2020 23:19:32
CreationTimeUtc   : 25.05.2020 21:19:32
LastAccessTime    : 25.05.2020 23:19:32
LastAccessTimeUtc : 25.05.2020 21:19:32
LastWriteTime     : 02.12.2010 08:32:41
LastWriteTimeUtc  : 02.12.2010 07:32:41
Attributes        : Archive

If you only want to see the VersionInfo you can use:

get-itemproperty "C:\Path\PDFX4.exe" | select VersionInfo | fl *

If one _really_ wants to run it from the Commandline: `powershell.exe (Get-ItemProperty 'C:\Path\File.exe').VersionInfo.ProductName` ;) — Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Sep 25 '20 at 15:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '20 at 13:10

With just Command, I do not think so.

But there definitely is a Powershell Cmdlet to do this

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49214905/get-attributes-listed-in-the-details-tab-with-powershell

This script uses the Shell.Application object to get file metadata. It returns the metadata as a custom PowerShell object, and therefore can be sorted and otherwise processed. It is a bit slow because it checks all 266 possible fields for data for each file in the folder. I recommend that you store the results in a variable and then do your post processing of data after you have collected the objects. See the Hey Scripting Guy blog article from Feb. 5, 2014 for more information about this function.

Here is a Microsoft background article.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/use-a-powershell-cmdlet-to-work-with-file-attributes/

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 25 '20 at 15:47

I would use Wmic from cmd:

wmic datafile where name="C:\\File\\Path\\Backslashes\\Doubled" get * /format:list

Or use Shell.Application in powershell:

$s=New-Object -com SHELL.application
$f=$s.namespace("FOLDER_PATH")
$f.getdetailsof($f.parsename("FILENAME_WITH _EXTENSION_NO_PATH"),NUMBER)

Is there a way to query file details from a Windows CMD prompt?

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