WINDOWS XP - tasklist.exe "initialization failure"

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.

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Question by (12/7/2009 2:32:13 PM)

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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