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WMI Explorer does not show all classes

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:35 am
by scott.furr
We use SCCM in our environment and I want to browse through the ROOT\CCM classes but not all of them show up. I do not have any filters in place and I'm connected to my local machine.

One example is .\Root\ccm\ClientSDK

I can query through PowerShell and see this class. I even downloaded a free WMI explorer and it shows up there as well, but for some reason, it does not show up in WMI Explorer 2014 or 2015.

Under the CCM class alone, WMI Explorer 2015 is missing 9 classes that show up in the other free WMI explorer tool.

I've run into this issue of missing classes several times with this software. This is just one example. Is there a setting I'm missing? Is there a reason for this?

I am running build 2.2.53
64-bit version
OS is Windows 8.1 64-bit

WMI Explorer does not show all classes

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:35 am
by SAPIEN Support Forums
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Re: WMI Explorer does not show all classes

Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:57 am
by Alexander Riedel
Please provide details on what we need to install to replicate this.
Most likely WMI threw an exception during the query process.

Re: WMI Explorer does not show all classes

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 6:03 am
by scott.furr
To replicate, you would need to install the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 client

Re: WMI Explorer does not show all classes

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:18 am
by Alexander Riedel
Yo said there are other classes missing. Any of them in standard namespaces?

Re: WMI Explorer does not show all classes

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:52 am
by scott.furr
ROOT\cimv2\power

WMI Explorer 2015 is missing Win32_PowerSettingCapabilities

PowerShell and the other free tool I have shows this class.

There is actually a discrepancy of 9 classes between the two tools under ROOT\cimv2\power

Re: WMI Explorer does not show all classes

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 11:00 am
by Alexander Riedel
Alright, I will see what I can find out.