Windows is losing a command-line tool that dates back to the Windows 2000 days
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In brief: Microsoft has confirmed that WMIC will soon be completely eradicated from supported Windows editions. The command-line interface offered powerful ways to interact with a computer's hardware and the broader Windows software ecosystem, but it's now being phased out in favor of more efficient alternatives.
Microsoft recently released a new Insider Preview Build of Windows 11, giving unpaid beta testers an early look at features headed to the stable release. Tucked into the changelog for Preview Build 26100.9267/26200.9267 is confirmation that this marks the beginning of the end for WMIC.
Redmond first flagged WMIC as deprecated in 2016, listing it among the deprecated features of Windows Server 2012. According to the latest build's changelog, WMIC will no longer be included in Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 starting in August 2026. The...
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