How to run wmi service in a standalone host process?
Open services.msc console, you can find Windows Management Instrumentation service, I.E., “WMI”, whose name is winmgmt, it has following description, “Provides a common interface and object model to access management information about operating system, devices, applications and services. If this service is stopped, most Windows-based software will not function properly.
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How to run wmi service in a standalone host process?
