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WMI Error - Windows Management files may be moved or missing.

WMI ERRORs:

Symptoms:

>>Unable to open System Information.
>>WMI Error - Windows Management files may be moved or missing.

Resolution:

Navigate to Start >> All programs >> accessories >> right click on CMD >> run as administrator, and run the below commands one by one.

1)    sc config winmgmt start= disabled

2)    net stop winmgmt /y

3)    %systemdrive%

4)    cd %windir%\system32\wbem

5)    for /f %s in ('dir /b *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %s   

6)    regsvr32 %windir%\system32\tscfgwmi.dll         

7)    wmiprvse /regserver                                         
                                  
8)    net start winmgmt

9) for /f %s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') do mofcomp %s 

Restart the machine and the issue should be resolved..
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  1. JamesFebruary 12, 2015 at 7:09 PM

    This is amazing. I don't know how long this has been posted but it saved my life today! Thank you!

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  2. MahadevNittureFebruary 12, 2015 at 11:50 PM

    You are welcome James :)

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  3. UnknownMay 29, 2015 at 1:31 AM

    Thank you very much! This solution solved Windows 8 System Information problem in my laptop.

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  4. MahadevNittureJune 26, 2015 at 12:44 PM

    you are welcome :)

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  5. UnknownMarch 17, 2016 at 5:34 AM

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  6. UnknownMarch 17, 2016 at 5:49 AM

    so it all worked until the end a few errors were thrown in I restarted thinking maybe they were normal and when I try to run msinfo 32 it still says windows management files may be moved or missing.

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    1. UnknownMarch 17, 2016 at 5:59 AM

      An error occurred while opening the namespace for object 1 defined on lines 21 - 78:
      Error Number: 0x80070005, Facility: Win32
      Description: Access is denied.
      Compiler returned error 0x80070005 this is what it gave me

      Delete
    2. MahadevNittureMay 19, 2016 at 6:11 PM

      Sorry for the late reply.

      Have you ran the commands in Admin command prompt

      Delete
  7. AnonymousApril 30, 2017 at 6:00 PM

    C:\Windows\System32\wbem>wmiprvse /regserver
    'wmiprvse' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

    what to do now?

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    1. MahadevNittureJune 13, 2017 at 12:37 PM

      Sorry for the delay in response, kindly ignore this command and proceed further with remaining commands to check the issue

      Delete

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