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astrohart343
Aug 28, 2026Copper Contributor
WMIC Deprecation: Why remove it entirely instead of providing a backward-compatible stub?
I am writing to express my frustration regarding the recent removal of the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (`wmic`) tool from recent Windows 11 builds. Like many IT professionals,...
Elliotink
Aug 30, 2026Tin Contributor
Removing the executable is a security hardening measure that shuts down this well-known attack vector.