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Get Local Groups Report to File (VBScript)

Queries Win32_Group via WMI and writes Local Groups to a timestamped text file, handy for scheduled logon/logoff scripts.

By WindowsScripting.com · 1.2 KB
GetGroupReportToFile.vbs
' ============================================================
' GetGroupReportToFile.vbs
'
' Reports Local Groups via WMI (Win32_Group) and writes the results to a
' timestamped text file next to this script.
'
' Usage: cscript GetGroupReportToFile.vbs
' ============================================================

Option Explicit

Dim objWMIService, colItems, objItem
Dim objFSO, objFile, strOutPath, itemCount

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT Name, Description, Domain FROM Win32_Group")

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strOutPath = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) & "\group-report_" & _
             Replace(FormatDateTime(Now, 2), "/", "-") & ".txt"
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strOutPath, True)

itemCount = 0
For Each objItem In colItems
        objFile.WriteLine "Name: " & objItem.Name
        objFile.WriteLine "Description: " & objItem.Description
        objFile.WriteLine "Domain: " & objItem.Domain
        objFile.WriteLine String(40, "-")
        itemCount = itemCount + 1
Next

objFile.Close

WScript.Echo itemCount & " Local Groups written to: " & strOutPath