// BackupOperatingSystemListToJson.cs // // Snapshots Operating System Info (Win32_OperatingSystem) to a timestamped JSON file. // // Requires the System.Management package: // dotnet new console -o BackupOperatingSystem // 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 Caption, Version, OSArchitecture, LastBootUpTime, FreePhysicalMemory FROM Win32_OperatingSystem"); var results = new List>(); foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get()) { var row = new Dictionary(); row["Caption"] = item["Caption"]; row["Version"] = item["Version"]; row["OSArchitecture"] = item["OSArchitecture"]; row["LastBootUpTime"] = item["LastBootUpTime"]; row["FreePhysicalMemory"] = item["FreePhysicalMemory"]; results.Add(row); } string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss"); string outPath = $"operatingsystem-snapshot_{timestamp}.json"; File.WriteAllText(outPath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true })); Console.WriteLine($"Snapshot of Operating System Info ({results.Count} items) saved to {outPath}");