🟣 C# / .NET 6+
Backup Computer System Product Info to JSON (C#)
Snapshots Computer System Product Info (Win32_ComputerSystemProduct) to a timestamped JSON file via System.Management and System.Text.Json.
BackupComputerSystemProductListToJson.cs
// BackupComputerSystemProductListToJson.cs
//
// Snapshots Computer System Product Info (Win32_ComputerSystemProduct) to a timestamped JSON file.
//
// Requires the System.Management package:
// dotnet new console -o BackupComputerSystemProduct
// dotnet add package System.Management
// (replace the generated Program.cs with this file, then dotnet run)
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Management;
using System.Text.Json;
var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Name, Vendor, Version, IdentifyingNumber FROM Win32_ComputerSystemProduct");
var results = new List<Dictionary<string, object?>>();
foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get())
{
var row = new Dictionary<string, object?>();
row["Name"] = item["Name"];
row["Vendor"] = item["Vendor"];
row["Version"] = item["Version"];
row["IdentifyingNumber"] = item["IdentifyingNumber"];
results.Add(row);
}
string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");
string outPath = $"computersystemproduct-snapshot_{timestamp}.json";
File.WriteAllText(outPath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
Console.WriteLine($"Snapshot of Computer System Product Info ({results.Count} items) saved to {outPath}");