I get Get-WmiObject : Generic Failure error on an XP Machine. What needs to be done to get rid of this?
- by steeluser
I am trying make an uninstall app which removes an application X on a regular basis. The starting point to access applications installed in a Windows machine is through retrieving them from a WMI Class called Win32_Product. But when I run the basic command like this, I get the below error.
I have searched technet and SO, but either their workarounds did not work for me or were too technical in detail which did not make sense to me.
Please help.
SO Link
ps$ Get-WmiObject -class win32_product
IdentifyingNumber : {09959E11-AD5D-408E-96AF-E3346954D6B8}
Name : Shared Add-in Extensibility Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002)
Vendor : Microsoft
Version : 1.0.0
Caption : Shared Add-in Extensibility Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002)
Get-WmiObject : Generic failure
At line:1 char:14
+ Get-WmiObject <<<< -class win32_product
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
