🟣 C# / .NET 6+

Backup Video Controllers to JSON (C#)

Snapshots Video Controllers (Win32_VideoController) to a timestamped JSON file via System.Management and System.Text.Json.

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BackupVideoControllerListToJson.cs
// BackupVideoControllerListToJson.cs
//
// Snapshots Video Controllers (Win32_VideoController) to a timestamped JSON file.
//
// Requires the System.Management package:
//   dotnet new console -o BackupVideoController
//   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, AdapterRAM, DriverVersion, CurrentRefreshRate FROM Win32_VideoController");
var results = new List<Dictionary<string, object?>>();

foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get())
{
    var row = new Dictionary<string, object?>();
    row["Name"] = item["Name"];
        row["AdapterRAM"] = item["AdapterRAM"];
        row["DriverVersion"] = item["DriverVersion"];
        row["CurrentRefreshRate"] = item["CurrentRefreshRate"];
    results.Add(row);
}

string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss");
string outPath = $"videocontroller-snapshot_{timestamp}.json";
File.WriteAllText(outPath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));

Console.WriteLine($"Snapshot of Video Controllers ({results.Count} items) saved to {outPath}");