Get-WmiObject in Powershell Core

[kdpuvvadi]

Describe the bug Get-WmiObject is deprecated in powershell core and it should be replaced with Get-CimInstance in case user opened the utility/script from core.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'tweaks'
2. Check on 'Disable Telemetry'
3. Click on 'Run Tweaks'
4. See error

Line |
1117 |              if (($(Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | Select …
     |                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | The term 'Get-WMIObject' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Expected behavior Disable Telemetry

Additional context

Powershell 5 (exisitng)

($(Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object username).username).IndexOf('Administrator')

Powershell core

($(Get-CimInstance  -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object username).username).IndexOf('Administrator')

[kdpuvvadi]

Still occurring with latest version. replacing Get-WMIObject(deprecated) with Get-CimInstance will fix the error on ps core.

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