WMI Isn't Working!

Troubleshooting Problems with WMI Scripts and the WMI Service

I'm getting an 0x80041013 ("Provider not found") or an 0x80041014 ("Component failed to initialize) error

To be honest, errors such as this are a bit more difficult to resolve. Error number 0x80041013 means that "COM cannot locate a provider referenced in the schema;" error number 0x80041014 means that a component (such as a WMI provider) "failed to initialize for internal reasons." If you receive one of these two errors, you will likely need to re-register all the .DLL and .EXE files associated with WMI.

Note. If you are experiencing problems with a single class or namespace you might be able to fix the problem by re-registering only the .DLL files associated with that class or namespace. The one drawback to this approach: it's not always obvious which .DLL files are associated with a particular namespace.

To begin with, you must re-register all the .DLL files found in the %windir%\System32\Wbem folder. Open a command window and use the cd command to change to the %windir%\System32\Wbem directory. From there, type the following at the command prompt and then press ENTER:

for %i in (*.dll) do RegSvr32 -s %i

After the .DLLs have been re-registered you will then need to re-register any .EXE files found in the Wbem folder, except for Mofcomp.exe and Wmic.exe. For example, to re-register the executable file Scrcons.exe type the following from the command prompt:

regsvr32 -s scrcons.exe