Help New — Wmic

WMIC used friendly "aliases" (like bios for Win32_Bios ). In PowerShell, you query the WMI/CIM classes directly. To find a class related to a specific keyword, use: powershell Get-CimClass -ClassName *network* Use code with caution.

| WMIC Command | PowerShell Equivalent | | :--- | :--- | | wmic cpu get name | Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor | Select Name | | wmic bios get serialnumber | Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS | Select SerialNumber | | wmic process list | Get-Process |

It will no longer be available as a FoD, meaning it's gone for good. wmic help new

Because WMIC is an interactive shell as well as a command-line tool, help is tiered:

The command wmic help new is not a standard standalone command in Windows. Instead, it refers to using the verb within the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) utility to generate new instances of WMI objects. WMIC used friendly "aliases" (like bios for Win32_Bios )

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Bios | Select-Object SerialNumber wmic os get caption, version

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | Select-Object Name, ProcessId wmic logicaldisk get name, freespace | WMIC Command | PowerShell Equivalent | |

| Aspect | Recommendation | |--------|----------------| | | WMIC unavailable → use PowerShell | | Windows 11 22H2 / Server 2022 | WMIC disabled by default → enable via Features if needed, but migrate | | Windows 10 / Server 2019 or older | WMIC works → but start migrating scripts | | New scripts | Never use WMIC → always use PowerShell + CIM | | Legacy batch scripts | Convert to PowerShell wrapper or rewrite |