How can I generate a UUID from the command line in Windows XP?

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How can I generate a UUID from the command line in Windows XP? Something like "uuid" or "uuidgen" in Linux.

score 34 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '12 at 08:22

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If powershell is installed this is a simple commandline to get a guid

powershell -Command "[guid]::NewGuid().ToString()"

answered May 04 '12 at 08:22

Air2

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '10 at 16:13

Drop the following code into a new file name uuid.vbs

set obj = CreateObject("Scriptlet.TypeLib")
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine obj.GUID

Then you can run it from the command line like so:

cscript //NoLogo uuid.vbs

This 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,"{",""),"}","")

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 22 '20 at 01:37

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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"

answered Sep 22 '20 at 01:37

wasif

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 24 '12 at 15:43

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You can also use this command in a command prompt:
wmic path win32_computersystemproduct get uuid

edited Nov 24 '12 at 15:43

bwDraco

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answered Nov 24 '12 at 15:41

test

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Yordan Georgiev · Answer 5 · 2020-01-17T13:02:45.240

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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 ...

edited Jan 17 '20 at 13:02

answered Aug 04 '17 at 14:35

Yordan Georgiev

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 23 '10 at 11:19

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From MSDN Library: Generating Interface UUIDs.

answered Jun 23 '10 at 11:19

Mehper C. Palavuzlar

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0xced · Answer 7 · 2024-02-12T15:44:12.560

I found that uuidgen.exe is present inside my C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\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.

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 04:59

If 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);
}

Brian Burns · Answer 9 · 2022-06-17T08:10:36.737

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You can use the Windows Subsystem for Linux, eg install Ubuntu -

Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64)
$ uuidgen
(prints a uuid)

edited Jun 17 '22 at 08:10

answered May 22 '22 at 18:05

Brian Burns

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 06 '19 at 04:20

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  FOR /F %a IN ('POWERSHELL -COMMAND "$([guid]::NewGuid().ToString())"') DO ( SET NEWGUID=%a )

answered Aug 06 '19 at 04:20

Bharat Bhamare

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How can I generate a UUID from the command line in Windows XP?

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