WMI failed to initialize the IWbemLocator using CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WbemLocator, 0, CLSCTX_INPROC

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Hi All,

I am using WMI to get SMBIOS data and for that I am using following code to initialize the IWbemLocator interface through a call to CoCreateInstance.

CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WbemLocator, 0, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IWebLocator, (LPVOID *) &pLoc);

But it always returns FAILURE. I think its due to some environment issue but wanted to know exact reason.

Thanks in advance,

Rahul

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