From 34deac14833399ac55e775f49e80d4152db3c645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martien <hello@martien.io>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:42:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add WMI fix script

---
 Misc/Fix-WMI-Windows2022.ps1 | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 105 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/Fix-WMI-Windows2022.ps1

diff --git a/Misc/Fix-WMI-Windows2022.ps1 b/Misc/Fix-WMI-Windows2022.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65eec2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/Fix-WMI-Windows2022.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+Write-Host "Running System File Checker (sfc /scannow)"
+$DefaultProcessParam = @{
+    'Wait'         = $true
+    'ErrorAction'  = 'Stop'
+}
+$ProcessParam = @{
+    'FilePath'     = 'sfc'
+    'ArgumentList' = '/scannow'
+}
+Start-Process @ProcessParam @DefaultProcessParam
+Write-Host 'Stopping ConfigManager service if it exists'
+Stop-Service -Force 'ccmexec' -ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue'
+Write-Host 'Stopping Windows Management Instrumentation service'
+Stop-Service -Force 'winmgmt'
+Write-Host 'Temporarily disabling Windows Management Instrumentation service'
+Set-Service -Name 'winmgmt' -StartupType 'Disabled'
+Write-Host 'Determining system architecture'
+if ([System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem) {
+    $WbemBinaries = @(
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\unsecapp.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\WMIADAP.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\WMIApSrv.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\scrcons.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\SysWOW64\wbem\WMIADAP.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\SysWOW64\wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe"
+    )
+    $WbemPaths = @(
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\SysWOW64\wbem"
+    )
+}
+else {
+    $WbemBinaries = @(
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\unsecapp.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\WMIADAP.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\WMIApSrv.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\WmiPrvSE.exe"
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\scrcons.exe"
+    )
+    $WbemPaths = @(
+        "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem"
+    )
+}
+Write-Host "Registering WBEM DLLs"
+foreach ($WbemPath in $WbemPaths){
+    $WmiObjects = Get-ChildItem -Path "$WbemPath\*" -Include '*.dll'
+    foreach ($WmiObject in $WmiObjects) {
+        Write-Host " Registering WBEM DLL $($WmiObject.FullName)"
+        $ProcessParam = @{
+            'FilePath'     = 'regsvr32'
+            'ArgumentList' = "/s `"$($WmiObject.FullName)`""
+        }
+        Start-Process @ProcessParam @DefaultProcessParam
+    }
+}
+Write-Host "Registering WBEM EXEs"
+foreach ($WbemBinary in $WbemBinaries) {
+    if (Test-Path -Path "$WbemPath\$WbemBinary") {
+        $CurrentBin = Get-Item -Path "$WbemPath\$WbemBinary"
+        Write-Host " Registering $WbemBinary"
+        $ProcessParam = @{
+            'FilePath'     = $CurrentBin.FullName
+            'ArgumentList' = '/RegServer'
+        }
+        Start-Process @ProcessParam @DefaultProcessParam
+    }
+    else {
+        Write-Warning "File $WbemBinary not found in $WbemPath!"
+    }
+}
+Write-Host "Registering WMI Managed Objects"
+$FileExtensions = @(
+    '*.mof'
+    '*.mfl'
+)
+foreach ($WbemPath in $WbemPaths){
+    $WbemDlls = Get-ChildItem -Path "$WbemPath\*" -Include $FileExtensions
+    foreach ($WbemDll in $WbemDlls) {
+        Write-Host " Registering WBEM DLL $($WbemDll.FullName)"
+        $ProcessParam = @{
+            'FilePath'     = "$WbemPath\mofcomp.exe"
+            'ArgumentList' = $WbemDll.FullName
+        }
+        Start-Process @ProcessParam @DefaultProcessParam
+    }
+}
+Write-Host "Resetting Repository"
+$ProcessParam = @{
+    'FilePath'     = "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\winmgmt.exe"
+    'ArgumentList' = '/resetrepository'
+}
+Start-Process @ProcessParam @DefaultProcessParam
+Write-Host "Salvaging Repository"
+$ProcessParam = @{
+    'FilePath'     = "$($env:SystemRoot)\System32\wbem\winmgmt.exe"
+    'ArgumentList' = '/salvagerepository'
+}
+Start-Process @ProcessParam @DefaultProcessParam
+Write-Host 'Setting Windows Management Instrumentation service back to Automatic'
+Set-Service -Name 'winmgmt' -StartupType 'Automatic'
+Write-Host 'Starting Windows Management Instrumentation service'
+Start-Service -Force winmgmt
+Write-Host 'Starting ConfigManager service if it exists'
+Start-Service -Force ccmexec -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
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