ACC features affected by WMIC deprecation in Windows<!-- /*NS Branding Styles*/ --> .ns-kb-css-body-editor-container { p { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } span { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #000000; } h2 { font-size: 24pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h3 { font-size: 18pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } h4 { font-size: 14pt; font-family: Lato; color: black; } a { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; color: #00718F; } a:hover { font-size: 12pt; color: #024F69; } a:target { font-size: 12pt; color: #032D42; } a:visited { font-size: 12pt; color: #00718f; } ul { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } li { font-size: 12pt; font-family: Lato; } img { display: ; max-width: ; width: ; height: ; } } Table of Contents IntroductionKnown Problems Agent Client Collector Framework (ACC-F)Agent Client Collector for Visibility (ACC-V/ACC-VC)Agent Client Collector Monitoring Workaround Introduction This article aims to list the problems caused to Agent Client Collected related features by the deprecation of 'wmic' in Windows, and Status. Microsoft reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmic"WMIC is deprecated as of Windows 10, version 21H1; and as of the 21H1 semi-annual channel release of Windows Server. This utility is superseded by Windows PowerShell for WMI" The symptom is a Check failing with the following error in the ecc_queue input. or acc.log:'wmic' is not recognized as an internal or external command Known Problems Agent Client Collector Framework (ACC-F) PRB1806774 Microsoft has deprecated wmic in Windows 10/11 (>= 21H1), which ACC-F Host Data Collection uses KB2675608 Microsoft has deprecated wmic in Windows 10/11 (>= 21H1), which ACC-F Host Data Collection usesFixed in agent-client-collector-framework-4.1.1 (Dec 2024) Agent Client Collector for Visibility (ACC-V/ACC-VC) PRB1932548 The installed_software_comm0ns.rb script still uses the "wmic" command (STRY61495977) (PRB1933636 local_users.rb is using WMIC command to get domain / No entry on "Network Adapters" on Windows 11 ACC collected computer) KB2477534 Version and Publisher fields aren't populated for Outlook, Visio, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, OneNote and Publisher discovered by Agent Client CollectorFixed in agent-client-collector-visibility-content-v1.5.0 (Dec 2025) PRB1882985 File based discovery feature is not populating data in CI in Windows 11 VM when WMIC is not installed KB2675711 ACC File based discovery feature is not populating data in CI in Windows 11 VM when WMIC is not installed Fixed in agent-client-collector-visibility-content-1.4.0 (Aug 2025) Agent Client Collector Monitoring PRB1968533 (PRB1848455) ACC-M checks are failing on Windows 11/Server 2025 systems due to wmic deprecation. (STRY60521740) KB2675695 ACC-M checks are failing on Windows 11/Server 2025 systems due to WMIC deprecationProbably fixed in Jan 2026 version of Agent Client Collector Monitoring (TBC) Workaround There is no workarund for Windows version that don't have wmic. If it is one of the earlier versions that should have wmic, then check the PATH environment variable includes C:\Windows\System32\wbem .