Get file size of a running Windows executable using WQL

Asked Apr 29 '16 at 06:10

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Is there a way to compute the file size of a Windows process executable using a WQL query?

I tried the below but Powershell gave me a management exception.

SELECT Caption, ExecutablePath, CommandLine From Win32_Process, (SELECT FileSize FROM Cim_DataFile WHERE Win32_Process.ExecutablePath = Cim_DataFile.Name) as ExecutableSize WHERE ExecutablePath != ''

Output from Powershell

Get-WmiObject : Invalid query At line:1 char:14 + Get-WmiObject <<<< -Query "SELECT Caption, ExecutablePath, CommandLine From Win32_Process, (SELECT FileSize FROM Cim _DataFile WHERE Win32_Process.ExecutablePath = Cim_DataFile.Name) as ExecutableSize WHERE ExecutablePath != ''" + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand

Can anyone suggest?

asked Apr 29 '16 at 06:10

verisimilitude

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No clue, but it's easy enough to do without WMI. `(gci (gps $process | select -first 1).path).Length` – Ryan Bemrose Apr 29 '16 at 06:54
Thank you for your response. I know this is easily achievable without WQL. But, I have a use-case that just uses WQL. – verisimilitude Apr 29 '16 at 07:11

Get file size of a running Windows executable using WQL

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