Microsoft’s Latest Clusterfuck: WMIC Is Officially Dead
Oh, joy. As if Windows wasn’t unstable enough, Microsoft has decided to remove Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) after you upgrade to Windows 11 25H2. Yes, you heard that right. They’re ditching a perfectly functional (if ancient) tool because… reasons. Apparently, PowerShell is the “future.” Like *that’s* going to fix anything.
They claim scripts using WMIC will “continue to work” after the upgrade, but it’ll just be silently converted to use PowerShell in the background. Which means slower performance and more goddamn errors when something inevitably breaks. They’re giving you a year to migrate, which is generous of them, I guess, considering they didn’t bother asking anyone if this was what they *wanted*.
The whole thing is just another example of Microsoft’s “innovative” approach to software: break stuff that works and replace it with something more complicated. Don’t even get me started on the compatibility issues this will cause for older scripts. Expect a lot of headaches, people. A *lot*. And they expect us to be happy about it? Fucking ridiculous.
Seriously, if you rely on WMIC, start planning your migration now because Microsoft is just going to yank it out from under you like the rug. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
I once spent three days debugging a server issue that turned out to be caused by a Microsoft update silently changing the behavior of a core system function. Three. Days. And they expect me to trust them with this WMIC bullshit? Get real.