🧬 WQL / PowerShell
Win32_DesktopMonitor: Connected Monitors (WQL)
A minimal WQL reference query against Win32_DesktopMonitor — the raw SELECT statement plus a one-line runner, useful for learning WMI Query Language independent of any host language.
DesktopMonitorQuery.ps1
<#
.SYNOPSIS
WQL reference: Connected Monitors (Win32_DesktopMonitor).
.DESCRIPTION
A minimal example of querying Win32_DesktopMonitor with a raw WQL SELECT
statement via Get-CimInstance -Query — useful as a WMI Query
Language reference, independent of any particular scripting
language's WMI binding.
The same query string works with Get-WmiObject -Query (older
PowerShell), GetObject("winmgmts:...").ExecQuery(...) in VBScript
or JScript, and ManagementObjectSearcher in C# — only the syntax
around the query changes, not the WQL itself.
.EXAMPLE
.\DesktopMonitorQuery.ps1
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param()
$wqlQuery = "SELECT Name, ScreenWidth, ScreenHeight FROM Win32_DesktopMonitor"
Write-Host "WQL: $wqlQuery" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
Get-CimInstance -Query $wqlQuery | Format-Table -Property Name, ScreenWidth, ScreenHeight -AutoSize