Microsoft KB Archive/261593

= /CATEGORIES Command-Line Parameter Does Not Work with Msinfo32 Version 6.0 =

Article ID: 261593

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q261593



SUMMARY
Msinfo32 version 6.0, which is included with Windows Millennium Edition (Me), does not support the following command-line option:

/categories (+|-)(all | )(+|-)(all |  )...

This command-line option is supported by Msinfo32 version 5.0, which is included with Microsoft Windows 2000.



MORE INFORMATION
This command-line option was introduced with Msinfo32 version 5.0. It was not available with Msinfo32 version 4.0, which is included with Microsoft Windows 98 and Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition.

The following sample command demonstrates how to list the high-level &quot;SystemSummary&quot; category in a file named C:\Syssum.nfo:

msinfo32 /nfo syssum.nfo /categories+SystemSummary

For more information about the command-line switches available in Msinfo32 version 5.0 in Windows 2000, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

255713 Windows 2000 Command-Line Parameters for Msinfo32.exe

Keywords: kbinfo KB261593

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