How can I generate a UUID from the command line in Windows XP? Something like "uuid" or "uuidgen" in Linux.
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If powershell is installed this is a simple commandline to get a guid
powershell -Command "[guid]::NewGuid().ToString()"Drop the following code into a new file name uuid.vbs
set obj = CreateObject("Scriptlet.TypeLib")
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine obj.GUIDThen you can run it from the command line like so:
cscript //NoLogo uuid.vbsThis will work on pretty much any computer that has the Windows Scripting Host installed - which certainly includes anything later than Windows 2000, and probably includes 95/98/ME as well... though I don't have an instance handy to check.
If you need to remove the braces, replace the last line with this
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine Replace(Replace(obj.GUID,"{",""),"}","")You can also use this command in a command prompt: wmic path win32_computersystemproduct get uuid
To copy a new GUID to the clipboard, use this command :
cmd /c powershell.exe -Command "[guid]::NewGuid().ToString()|Set-Clipboard"You can run the command straight from the Start, Run dialog ( WinLogo + R ), then use Ctrl+V to paste the generated GUID, which WILL also save it into your Run dialog history - aka if you use it often it will pop-up as suggestion there ...
Now in powershell, you can use built in New-GUID function:
For /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('powershell -noP -c "& {(New-GUID).GUID}"') do set "GUID=%%~a"I found that uuidgen.exe is present inside my C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x64 directory, probably because of some components that I have installed along with Visual Studio.
So I simply added C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x64 to my PATH and now it's easy to remember to type uuidgen like I'm used on macOS instead of having to remember a long command.
From MSDN Library: Generating Interface UUIDs.
9If the system OS does not have Windows SDK but does have a C compiler with mingw-w64 toolchain then compile this small program to generate random GUID. Imported functions are UuidCreate (rpcrt4.lib) to create random UUID and StringFromCLSID (ole32.lib) to convert UUID to wide string.
#include <Windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
/* * int UuidCreate(GUID *id); * int StringFromCLSID(GUID *id, wchar_t **str); * Libraries: Rpcrt4.lib Ole32.lib */
int main(void)
{ GUID id; wchar_t *str = NULL; UuidCreate(&id); StringFromCLSID(&id, &str); wprintf(L"%ls\n", str);
} FOR /F %a IN ('POWERSHELL -COMMAND "$([guid]::NewGuid().ToString())"') DO ( SET NEWGUID=%a )You can use the Windows Subsystem for Linux -
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64)
$ uuidgen
(prints a uuid)
