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Get Connected Monitors Report to File (VBScript)

Queries Win32_DesktopMonitor via WMI and writes Connected Monitors to a timestamped text file, handy for scheduled logon/logoff scripts.

By WindowsScripting.com · 1.2 KB
GetDesktopMonitorReportToFile.vbs
' ============================================================
' GetDesktopMonitorReportToFile.vbs
'
' Reports Connected Monitors via WMI (Win32_DesktopMonitor) and writes the results to a
' timestamped text file next to this script.
'
' Usage: cscript GetDesktopMonitorReportToFile.vbs
' ============================================================

Option Explicit

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

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT Name, ScreenWidth, ScreenHeight FROM Win32_DesktopMonitor")

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strOutPath = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) & "\desktopmonitor-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 "ScreenWidth: " & objItem.ScreenWidth
        objFile.WriteLine "ScreenHeight: " & objItem.ScreenHeight
        objFile.WriteLine String(40, "-")
        itemCount = itemCount + 1
Next

objFile.Close

WScript.Echo itemCount & " Connected Monitors written to: " & strOutPath