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Downloads:

647,260

Downloads of v 8.28.0:

16,898

Last Update:

26 Jun 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Martin Malík

Tags:

HWiNFO (Install)

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8.28.0 | Updated: 26 Jun 2025

Downloads:

647,260

Downloads of v 8.28.0:

16,898

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Martin Malík

HWiNFO (Install) 8.28.0

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Martin Malík. The inclusion of Martin Malík trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Martin Malík goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install HWiNFO (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade HWiNFO (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall HWiNFO (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade hwinfo.install -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade hwinfo.install -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install hwinfo.install
  win_chocolatey:
    name: hwinfo.install
    version: '8.28.0'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'hwinfo.install' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '8.28.0'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller hwinfo.install
{
    Name     = "hwinfo.install"
    Version  = "8.28.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'hwinfo.install':
  ensure   => '8.28.0',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

NOTE

This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.

  • Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
  • Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
  • Install (*.install/*.app (deprecated naming convention)) - uses native installers, usually requires administrative access to install.

Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 26 Jun 2025.

Description

In-depth Hardware Information and real time monitoring


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName  = 'hwinfo.install'
  fileType     = 'EXE'
  file64         = "$toolsDir\hwi64.exe"
  softwareName = 'HWiNFO*'
  silentArgs   = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART'
}

# Stop process before upgrading
if ($null -ne (Get-Process | Where-Object -Property Name -Match 'HWiNFO\d{2}')) {
  Get-Process | Where-Object -Property Name -Match 'HWiNFO\d{2}' | Stop-Process
  $ProcessRunning = $true
}

Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs
Remove-Item -Force "$toolsDir\*.exe" -ea 0
# Kill the process after it starts- there is no way to prevent autostart after install
if ($null -eq $ProcessRunning) {
  Get-Process | Where-Object -Property Name -Match 'HWiNFO\d{2}' | Stop-Process
}

# Make launchable from cmd
Install-BinFile -Name 'hwinfo' -Path "C:\Program Files\HWiNFO64\HWiNFO64.EXE" -UseStart
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = 'hwinfo.install'
  softwareName  = 'hwinfo*'
  fileType      = 'EXE'
  silentArgs    = "/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-"
  validExitCodes= @(0)
}

$uninstalled = $false
[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $packageArgs['softwareName']

if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
  $key | % { 
    $packageArgs['file'] = "$($_.UninstallString)"
    if ($packageArgs['fileType'] -eq 'MSI') {
      $packageArgs['silentArgs'] = "$($_.PSChildName) $($packageArgs['silentArgs'])"
      
      $packageArgs['file'] = ''
    }

    Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
  }
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
  Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
  Write-Warning "$($key.Count) matches found!"
  Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
  Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:"
  $key | % {Write-Warning "- $($_.DisplayName)"}
}
tools\hwi64.exe
md5: 08FAB2BFCFDDCAAF8F815BA778978F65 | sha1: FB603FD2A553B4313BC6E601261332A4E7FD5688 | sha256: C92E60D5BFF8E92C95C96549D5F965D0C89E6972C1DB41CEBA08DCE1F8F076B2 | sha512: 840E24C0C0FD4E50D6F31C37490D1A2CB108C4AA488EC4B18FF474B5AF3CA69A187901CF71FD9F166B308F22F7D5E6EC7FD797E0D11E27AAC9932B61E542D0EC
tools\LICENSE.txt
From: <https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php>

LICENSE

HWiNFO64 is FREEWARE and free distributable as-is. Any modifications to the packages are forbidden. Always keep up-to date using frequent updates.
tools\VERIFICATION.txt
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
 
The embedded software have been downloaded from the listed download
location on <https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php>
and can be verified by doing the following:

1. Go to

	x64: https://www.hwinfo.com/files/hwi64_828.exe

	to download the installer.

2. Get the checksum using one of the following methods:
  - Using powershell function 'Get-FileHash'
  - Use chocolatey utility 'checksum.exe'

3. The checksums should match the following:

  checksumType: SHA256
  checksum64: C92E60D5BFF8E92C95C96549D5F965D0C89E6972C1DB41CEBA08DCE1F8F076B2

The file 'LICENSE.txt' has been obtained from <https://www.hwinfo.com/download.php>

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

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HWiNFO (Install) 7.60 17241 Friday, July 28, 2023 Approved
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HWiNFO (Install) 7.46 15565 Thursday, May 11, 2023 Approved
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HWiNFO (Install) 7.16 12393 Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Approved
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HWiNFO (Install) 7.12 8545 Monday, October 4, 2021 Approved
HWiNFO (Install) 7.10 9239 Wednesday, September 1, 2021 Approved
HWiNFO (Install) 7.06 11007 Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Approved
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HWiNFO (Install) 5.12 753 Thursday, January 7, 2016 Approved
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