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

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

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

Answer 3

From MSDN Library: Generating Interface UUIDs.