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Asked: June 7, 20262026-06-07T10:02:04+00:00 2026-06-07T10:02:04+00:00

On Windows XP, in my vbscript, I am using GetObject(winmgmts:\.\root\cimv2) to get WMI service

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On Windows XP, in my vbscript, I am using

GetObject(“winmgmts:\.\root\cimv2”)

to get WMI service object, but always get error: (null): Invalid syntax. I checked the syntax, it should be ok. I even tried to rebuild the Repo as suggested here , but still got the same error. I guess it might be permission/security policy issue. Any suggestions?

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    2026-06-07T10:02:06+00:00Added an answer on June 7, 2026 at 10:02 am

    Your syntax is wrong you are missing a \

    instead use

    GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2");
    

    or even better you can get the instance of the WMI class directly including the WMI path

    GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2:Win32_LogicalDisk='C:'")
    
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