Microsoft is killing this 25-year-old Windows tool. Windows 11 preview update KB5120998 removes WMIC, a command-line tool used since Windows XP for admin and automation tasks. With the latest Windows 11 preview update (KB5120998), Microsoft is finally bidding farewell to a tool that has been part of the operating system since Windows XP: the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC). It's being removed from Windows 11 in an upcoming patch, and it'll affect both Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The announcement comes via Microsoft's official release notes for KB512098, meant for Release Preview Builds 26100.9267