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Glen Y.
Asked: 2009-12-08 06:32:13 +0800 CST

tasklist.exe "initialization failure"

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One of our Windows XP x64 Pro machines suddenly would not run tasklist.exe (lists processes in cmd line) anymore. It gives "ERROR: Initialization failure" when run.

Things I've looked into:

-any s/w installs recently? No.

-is tasklist.exe even on the machine? Yes, it's in C:\WINDOWS\system32

-checked path/environment variables? Yes.

-have you tried running it by typing its full path? Yes, but it still gives the error I mentioned above.

So I'm not too sure what else to look for right now. Any help is appreciated :) Thanks.

windows-xp

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Rebuilding the WMI repository did the trick. Just posting the solution that I found in case anyone else runs into something similar...

    In cmd:

    net stop winmgmt

    Rename the %windir%\system32\wbem\repository to something else

    net start winmgmt

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  2. Make sure you run this command with administrator rights.

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